Selections From Chaucer S Canterbury Tales Ellesmere Text

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Excerpt from Selections From Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: Ellesmere d104 This edition of Selections from The Canterbury Tales has been prepared as an introduction to the study of Chaucer as a poet rather than as a writer of fourteenth century English; and, accordingly, all philological information not absolutely needed for such study has been omitted; but all requisite aids to a knowledge of the language as it is, irrespective of its sources, are afforded by the synopsis of grammatical forms given in the General Introduction, and by a designation of the grammatical categories of all words recorded in the Glossary, except where the definitions indicate the same. It was not thought necessary to obtrude upon the student's attention the unimportant variations which the different texts of The Canterbury Tales exhibit. Attention is called in the Notes to any variation which gives a different meaning from the reading of the Ellesmere text. In a very few cases, other readings than those of the Ellesmere have been adopted, but their adoption has always been noted. It is remarkable how slight the variations in the several texts really are. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"A truly remarkable achievement." —Barry Unsworth In the tradition of Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf and Marie Borroff’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sheila Fisher’s The Selected Canterbury Tales is a vivid, lively, and readable translation of the most famous work of England’s premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer’s rhyme and meter, Fisher makes these tales accessible to a contemporary ear while inviting readers to the Middle English original on facing pages. Her informative introduction highlights Chaucer’s artistic originality in his memorable portrayals of surprisingly modern women and men from across the spectrum of medieval society.

This book is an ideal introduction to the Ellesmere manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, covering its context, construction, and provenance, with two dozen full-page color illustrations showing the techniques of the scribes and illuminators.