Es una pieza de singular belleza literaria en al que Chaucer presenta a los peregrinos-narradores de los cuentos. Estos personajes conforman un microcosmos de la sociedad inglesa del siglo XIV y, gracias al genio del poeta, a través de sus descripc...
La peregrinación al santuario de Canterbury para visitar la tumba de Santo Tomás Beckett es el marco en el que se desarrolla esta colección de cuentos. Sus personajes son peregrinos que representan a las distintas categorías...
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
Los Cuentos de Canterbury son unas de las máximas obras maestras de la literatura universal y el primer monumento literario en lengua inglesa. Los ecos de las obras de este autor repercuten perdurablemente en la literatura inglesa.
A l?hostal del Tabard s?hi reuneixen vint-i-nou persones, decidides a anar de romiatge a Canterbury. L?hostaler, entusiasmat amb el projecte, es posa al capdavant de l?expedició i proposa que cada pelegrí expliqui quatre contes (dos a l?anad...
Who should be stronger in a marriage; the husband or the wife? What happens when two men fall in love with the same woman? In these five stories from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales we find different answers.
This adaptation of Chaucers Canterbury Tales explores the bawdy humor of The Millers Tale, The Merchants Tale, The Nuns Priests Tale, and The Wife of Baths Prologue. Prochaska infuses The Franklins Tale with a hefty dose of comedy as the characters naviga...
"Spring has arrived, prompting folks from all stations of medieval life to pilgrimage together to the shrine of Thomas Becket. Because long trips tend to be rather dull, the travelers begin a storytelling competition featuring roosters, murders, bewitched...
Troilus and Criseyde (c.1385) is an epic poem written by English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Composed in Middle English, Troilus and Criseyde is the story of two lovers forced apart by the Greek siege of Troy. Often considered Chaucerâs fines...