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The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation - Chaucer, Geoffrey, and Fisher, Sheila (Translated by)
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In the tradition of Seamus Heaney's Beowulf and Marie Borroff's Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sheila Fisher's The Selected Canterbury Tales is a vivid, lively, and readable translation of the most famous work of England's premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer's rhyme and meter, Fisher makes these tales accessible to a contemporary ear while inviting readers to the Middle English original on facing pages. Her informative introduction highlights Chaucer's artistic originality in his memorable portrayals of surprisingly ...

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The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation 2012, W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN-13: 9780393341782

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The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation 2011, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780393079456

Hardcover