The Canterbury Tales: Retelling by Peter Ackroyd

Author(s): Peter Ackroyd

Classics

"The Canterbury Tales" is a major part of England's literary heritage. From the exuberant Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend to the Miller's worldly, ribald farce, these tales can be taken as a mirror of fourteenth-century London. Incorporating every style of medieval narrative - bawdy anecdote, allegorical fable and courtly romance - the tales encompass a blend of universal human themes. Ackroyd's retelling is a highly readable, prose version in modern English, using expletive and avoiding euphemism, making the Tales much more accessible to a new generation of readers. The edition also includes an introduction by Ackroyd, detailing some of the historical background to Chaucer and the Tales, and why he has been inspired to translate them for a new generation of readers.


Product Information

Ackroyd's 'retelling' is compulsive, bold and rare and will surely become a vital crib for generations of students to come. -- Robert McCrum Observer

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General Fields

  • : 9780141442297
  • : Penguin Books
  • : 44793
  • : 0.321
  • : April 2010
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 20mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Peter Ackroyd
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : en
  • : 823.914
  • : 464
  • : FC
  • : Illustrations