AN INTRODUCTION TO CHAUCER
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales almost 600 years ago, in the late Middle Ages, a historical distance that at first sight might appear problematic. This lengthy poem was produced at a time when the English language was still in its infancy and the language is not always immediately recogn...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Longman
1985
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Add Tag | Summary: | Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales almost 600 years ago, in the late Middle Ages, a historical distance that at first sight might appear problematic. This lengthy poem was produced at a time when the English language was still in its infancy and the language is not always immediately recognisable to us today. In the same way, late medieval culture was very different from that of the present day. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | vii, 263 pages 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references p. 253-257 |
| ISBN: | 0582493560 |
Chaucer