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The Canterbury Tales
Translated into Modern English by
Nevill Coghill
The motley members of a five-day
pilgrimage from Southwark to Canterbury
each tell a story to pass the time,
revealing a picture of British life in the
fourteenth century that is as robust as it is
representative. This edition captures the
entire body of Chaucer’s masterpiece in a
thoroughly readable modern translation
that preserves the freshness and racy
vitality of the original text.
528 pp. 978-0-14-042438-6 $10.00
The Canterbury Tales
Edited with an Introduction and
Notes by Jill Mann
In these twenty-four tales, Chaucer
displays a dazzling range of literary styles
and conjures up a wonderfully vivid
picture of medieval life. This originalspelling
edition features on-page glossing.
1,328 pp. 978-0-14-042234-4 $18.00
The Canterbury Tales
The First Fragment
Edited with an Introduction and Glosses by
Michael Alexander
Comprised of the general Prologue and
the prologues and tales of the Knight,
Miller, Reeve, and Cook, this is the
most widely read portion of Chaucer’s
masterpiece. This unique edition contains
the Middle English text on one page and
meticulous glosses of Chaucer’s language
on the facing page.
320 pp. 978-0-14-043409-5 $11.00
Love Visions
Translated into Modern English with an
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stone
Spanning Chaucer’s working life, these
four poems move from the conventional
allegorical “love visions” toward realistic
storytelling and provide a marvelous
self-portrait. This selection includes “The
Book of the Duchess,” “The House of
Fame,” “The Parliament of the Birds,” and
“The Legend of Good Women.”
272 pp. 978-0-14-044408-7 $15.00
Troilus and Criseyde
Translated into Modern English by
Nevill Coghill
Chaucer’s depiction of passionate sexual
love, his grasp of tragedy, and his sense of
the ridiculous hidden in the sublime are
all displayed in this poetic retelling of the
classical story set during the Trojan War.
336 pp. 978-0-14-044239-7 $11.00
See The Portable Medieval Reader.
Troilus and Criseyde
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
the declineory ofThe tragic story of a young
knight and beautiful widow who fall in
love and are forced apart by the events
of war is told in this original-spelling
edition. The first work in English to depict
human passion with such sympathy and
understanding, this is Chaucer’s supreme
evocation of the joy and grief inherent in
love.
640 pp. 978-0-14-042421-8 $16.00
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