Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales (NHB Modern Plays) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A landmark dramatisation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of one of the foundation stones of English literature. This two-play adaptation of Chaucer'sCanterbury Tales encompasses all 23 stories. All the famous characters are here - as well as many less well-known but equally full of life. Each of the stories has its own style - heroic verse for the Knight's Tale, vernacular rhymes for the Miller's Tale etc. - echoing the many narrative voices employed by Chaucer himself. The plays can be performed either together or separately. 'Rumbustious and passionate ... this is quite simply a glorious compendium of stories and poetry' -Daily Mail 'Scintillating ... Poulton's admirable version ... what takes one's breath away is the range of styles and emotions on display' -Guardian 'Mike Poulton's superb adaptation is both faithful and accessible, comfortably inhabiting the middle ground between Middle English and the modern vernacular' -The Times

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nick Hern Books
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780016740
• Artikelnr.: 45086471

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London in c.1343, the son of a winemerchant. He fought in France, then went there and to Italy on diplomatic missions. Though he held various minor appointments at Court, he was often in debt. His Canterbury Tales, begun in 1387, is one of the foundation stones of our literature and our language. His other work includes The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Parliament of Fowls, The Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde. He died on 25 October 1400 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, in the area that became known as Poet's Corner. In the late fifteenth century, William Caxton selected The Canterbury Tales to be one of the first books printed in England.