The riverside chaucer by geoffrey chaucer 20080901 geoffrey chaucer on. T his is the best edition of chaucer in existence says the ubiquitous anthony burgess on the front cover, where no other name besides chaucer s appears. This peerless edition of chaucers complete works is the fruit of many years study and is widely regarded as the standard text. Riverside chaucer import by geoffrey chaucer, paperback. The appendix contains the materials, including the extensive notes and glossary, for a more thorough understanding of chaucer s works. Full of unexpected humor, sly innuendo, and a witty wordplay that doesnt always translate in modern updates, chaucers language is not so different from our own that. Robinsons the works of geoffrey chaucer oxford university press. Within its stout covers the entire works of the father of english literature are displayed in fine clear type with very adequate footnote glossaries. You have not really read chaucer until you have read him in the middle english, and the riverside chaucer provides the reader with a relatively painfree way of doing just that. Larry dean benson this edition provides the general information on chaucer s life, language, and works that one needs for a first reading of chaucer, and difficult words and constructions are glossed on the pages.
The riverside chaucer is considered the definitive text for what scholars believe belong to the body of work written andor translated by geoffrey chaucer, the father of english literature. The riverside chaucer by geoffrey chaucer, larry d. The riverside chaucer by geoffrey chaucer world of books. Geoffrey chaucer, one of englands greatest poets, was born in london about 40, the son of a wine merchant and deputy to the kings butler and his wife agnes. The riverside chaucer 9780199552092 by chaucer, geoffrey and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Buy the riverside chaucer by geoffrey chaucer, larry d.
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The riverside chaucer oxford paperbacks 0192821091 by. The poets reputation has long been questioned over charge of raptus. The third edition of the definitive collection of chaucer s complete works, reissued with a new foreword by christopher cannon. See all books authored by geoffrey chaucer, including tales of caunterbury, and chanticleer and the fox, and more on. In addition to these, it includes several relatively short lyrics, some of doubtful authorship, and a middle english translation of the french romance of the rose, done partly by chaucer. Robinsons second edition of the the works of geoffrey chaucer was published in 1957, there has been a dramatic increase in chaucer scholarship. The pages are the same as the larger, hard cover copy. This edition provides the general information on chaucers life, language, and works that one needs for a first reading of chaucer, and difficult words and constructions are glossed on the pages.
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Reissued with a new foreword by christopher cannon 3 by chaucer, geoffrey, benson, larry d. The riverside chaucer book ancient history encyclopedia. Click download or read online button to get the riverside chaucer book now. The riverside chaucer, anyone who does research on the subject should know, is the edition to turn to. This is a major deficiency in the robinson and riverside texts. T his is the best edition of chaucer in existence says the ubiquitous anthony burgess on the front cover, where no other name besides chaucers appears. He was the first writer buried in poets corner of westminster abbey. Not much is known of chaucer s early life and education, other than he learned to read french, latin, and italian. Geoffrey chaucer books list of books by author geoffrey chaucer. Witty as anything with the ability to skewer just about anyone who will stand still long enough, chaucer displays a command of english rivaled perhaps only by shakespeare and milton. The only problem i have with this edition is that the binding does not look very longlasting, and the ink on the pages smudges. Chaucer has been styled the father of english literature.
Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. This massive tome, 27 pages in length, was the text used in my college chaucer class, and provides a wonderful introduction to the works of this brilliant, but frequently underappreciated poet. Riverside 3 has all of chaucers major poems and two major prose works, a translation of boethius and the treatise on the astrolabe, in middle english. Dec 12, 1986 the riverside chaucer is considered the definitive text for what scholars believe belong to the body of work written andor translated by geoffrey chaucer, the father of english literature. The riverside chaucer, general editor larry d benson, 1987, although based on robinsons work, is a completely new edition. Includes index includes bibliographical references p.
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