内容简介
DelightfulcollectionincludestheGeneralPrologueplusthreeofthemostpopulartales:"TheKnight'sTale,""TheMiller'sPrologueandTale,"and"TheWifeofBath'sPrologueandTale."RecastinmodernEnglishversethatcapturesthelivelyspiritoftheoriginals.
作者简介
ThoughttohavebeenborninLondon,Englandc.1342/43,GeoffreyChaucerisconsidered"thefirstfinderofourlanguage"evenbeforethetimeofShakespeare."TheCanterburyTales"ranksasoneofthegreatestpoeticworksintheEnglishlanguage.PerhapsthechiefcharacteristicsofChaucer’sworksaretheirvarietyinsubjectmatter,genre,tone,style,andinthecomplexitiespresentedconcerningman’spursuitofasensibleexistence.Yethiswritingsalsoconsistentlyreflectanall-pervasivehumor,combinedwithseriousandtolerantconsiderationofimportantphilosophicalquestions.FromhiswritingsChauceremergesasapoetoflove,bothearthlyanddivine,whosepresentationsrangefromlustfulcuckoldrytospiritualunionwithGod.Hisstoriesleadthereadertospeculateaboutman’srelationshipbothtootherpeopleandtohisMaker,whilesimultaneouslyprovidingentertainingviewsofthefrailtiesandfollies,aswellasthenobility,ofmankind.
