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Title: The Canterbury Tales: Nine Tales and the General Prologue: Authoritative Text Sources and Backgrounds Criticism (Norton Critical Edition) by Geoffrey Chaucer, Glending Olson, V. A. Kolve ISBN: 0-393-95245-2 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: May, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.80 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A usefully annotated edition for the beginner.
Comment: Why read Chaucer? Well, in the first place for the beauty and masculine vigor of his English, an English one soon catches on to after a bit of practice. Why else? Well, because Chaucer was intensely human and his stories are interesting, and are either truly poignant or richly comic and sometimes even both. Also for the rich gallery of unforgettable human types his stories bring before us.
Of course, Chaucer isn't for everyone. Those with no feeling for his language and no sense of humor, and whose own humanity is not their strongest point, may lack what is needed to appreciate Chaucer at his true worth.
And in the presence of critical editions such as the present one, there is a danger of forgetting that so much of Chaucer's power is in the sheer music of his lines. Those new to Chaucer would be well advised to learn how to read Middle English _aloud_ as soon as possible by listening to one of the many excellent recordings. If they were to do this they'd soon find their pleasure in Chaucer magnified enormously.
Rating: 2
Summary: Dry, completely dry.
Comment: While this is a wonder of words, a piece completely in poetry form, this is perhaps the worst book I have ever read. Unless you are a lit major or have a lot of free time on your hands and can sit through pointless speeches consisting of endless pointless description, buy anything else.
Rating: 5
Summary: Well glossed with lots of help
Comment: This edition is designed for those coming to the Middle English for the first time. All the difficulties are glossed, usually on the same line in italics. Far more glossing than any other edition. The spelling has also been regularized so that the same word is spelt the same each time. There are other aids as well: past participles are set as y-clept not yclept, and there are footnotes for particularly difficult lines.
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Title: Paradise Lost: An Authoritative Text Backgrounds and Sources Criticism (Norton Critical Edition) by John Milton, Scott Elledge ISBN: 0393962938 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.20 |
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Title: The Canterbury Tales (Cliffs Notes) by James L. Roberts ISBN: 0764585908 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: 22 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney ISBN: 0393320979 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Canterbury Tales (Penguin Classics) by Geoffrey Chaucer, Nevill Coghill ISBN: 0140424385 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: John Donne's Poetry: Authoritative Texts, Criticism (A Norton Critical Editions) by John Donne, Arthur L. Clemens, A. L. Clements ISBN: 0393960625 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: November, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.65 |
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