The Canterbury Tales: A retelling by Peter Ackroyd

ISBN-13: 9780141442297 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 464 str.

Peter Ackroyd

Opis

In 'The Canterbury Tales', Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. Peter Ackroyd's fresh, modern retelling infuses 'The Canterbury Tales' with new and vigorous life.

Recenzje

Ackroyd's 'retelling' is compulsive, bold and rare and will surely become a vital crib for generations of students to come. Robert McCrum Observer

O autorze

Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London in about 1342, and is known as 'the father of English Literature'. He rose in royal employment to become a knight of the shire for Kent and a justice of the peace, and was well-read in several languages and on many topics, such as astronomy, medicine, physics and alchemy. His works include The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde and The Parliament of Fowles. He died in 1400 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.