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The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale (Selected Tales from Chaucer) 3rd Updated ed. Edition

by Geoffrey Chaucer (Author), James Winny (Editor)
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The classic respected series in a stunning new design. This edition of The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale from the highly-respected Selected Tales series includes the full, complete text in the original Middle English, along with an in-depth introduction by James Winny, detailed notes and a comprehensive glossary.
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    August 25, 2016
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 131661560X
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 3rd Updated ed. edition (August 25, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 154 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781316615607
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1316615607
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 10 - 12
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.3 x 8.4 inches
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    Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1343 - 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey.

    While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten-year-old son Lewis, Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Among his many works, which include The Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, the Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde. He is best known today for The Canterbury Tales.

    Chaucer was a crucial figure in developing the legitimacy of the vernacular, Middle English, at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin.

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Gio
5.0 out of 5 stars Are You Man Enough to Be Husband Six?
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2008
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There is no poet in any language of more extravagant wit and wisdom than old Geoffrey Chaucer, and no more universal, but for the challenge of the language. Like Homer in Greek, Dante in Italian, Chaucer set the bar too high for anyone ever to exceed him. And how fundamentally English he was, as if all the "personality" of our literature flowed from the same cultural spring!

My generation may have been almost the last to memorize the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales and to learn the few easy rules of pronunciation and syntax we needed to enjoy Chaucer. Helas! The times, they are a-changing. Still, a few years ago I had an irrational lust to revive my ability to read Middle English, just for fun. I discovered that there were audio-books of many of the Canterbury Tales, including the Wife of Bath's salacious masterpiece. Of all Chaucer's dramatis personae, the Wife of Bath is surely the most humanly convincing, the randy old dame! "Why, I'm probably just the right age to be husband number six," thought I. So I ordered this CD. By the time the CD reached me, I'd forgotten my urge to make use of it. In fact, I forgot I had it until yesterday, when it somehow popped out of the shelf at me.

Elizabeth Salter and her unnamed male foil speak the poetry of Chaucer with enough 'naturalness' to persuade me, particularly since recording technology was still rather crude in the 1300s. With the ability to pause the disk by remote, I find that I can follow the most familiar parts of the Wife's narrative comfortably. For most of the tale, however, I have to keep my eyes on the text. I wouldn't mind if Salter had delivered her words just a trifle slower, but then perhaps the rollicking cadences wouldn't have frolicked so mirthfully. There are lots of editions of the Canterbury Tales available with old and new English on facing pages, making the effort much easier.

This is probably not everyone's idea of fun, what with movies of Beowulf starring naked babes as Grendel's Mother and such. But Chaucer is too good to be lost. If YOU the parents of America no longer have the willpower to compel your teenagers to labor through the Canterbury Tales, then it's YOUR obligation to do so yourselves!
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4.0 out of 5 stars THE WIFE OF BATH
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2013
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Book was for a school assignment Chaucer was a good writer This was a good read especially if you like reading about Daniels and knights
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Cody
2.0 out of 5 stars Not My Favorite
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2012
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I've seen other versions of this book with much better sidenotes about the text. I wasn't a huge fan of the layout of this book.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Needs annotations
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5.0 out of 5 stars Used for A level Exams
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Hated the book, but useful for my exams.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sehr zu empfehlen
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Äußerst hilfreiche Vokabelhilfen und Erklärungen, sowie kompakte und informative Kommentare zu Autor und kulturellem Hintergrund. Äußerst hilfreich und somit auch ohne Übersetzung gut lesbar und verständlich.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 30, 2016
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The paper quality in this book is fantastic. You know those yellow, shabby pages with the ink staining off it? this is absolutely not one of those books. The cover is glossy and the pages are crisp and white. Another good thing is the annotations on the side and the additional information at the beginning. I needed this for college (so it was HEAVILY) annotated but I am impressed at the way it held itself!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Happy A-Levels
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2023
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Part of A-Level criteria this year. Daughter is very happy with this edition!
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3.0 out of 5 stars It was all creased
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2021
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