Geoffrey Chaucer

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 categorias sociales. Junto a una sutil ironia, mezcla de satira y humor, aparecen interesantes aseveraciones astronomicas, medicas y de alquimia que han sido estudiadas seriamente por especialistas en estas materias.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 categorias sociales. Junto a una sutil ironia, mezcla de satira y humor, aparecen interesantes aseveraciones astronomicas, medicas y de alquimia que han sido estudiadas seriamente por especialistas en estas materias.

Literatura.Lingüística. Literatura. Filología;Enseñanza secundaria. Educación Secundaria Obligatoria.

A group of pilgrims entertain each other with stories on their way to Canterbury in a poem whose characters, from the Knight to the Wife of Bath, are as vivid as their tales. This new edition of David Wright's acclaimed translation includes a new critical introduction and invaluable notes by a leading Chaucer scholar.

The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of over 20 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century, during the time of the Hundred Years War. The tales (mostly written in verse, although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return. After a long list of works written earlier in his career, including Troilus and Criseyde, House of Fame, and "Parliament of Fowls", The Canterbury Tales is near-unanimously seen as Chaucers magnum opus. He uses the tales and the descriptions of its characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Structurally, the collection resembles The Decameron, which Chaucer may have read during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372. It is sometimes argued that the greatest contribution The Canterbury Tales made to English literature was in popularising the literary use of vernacular, English, rather than French or Latin. English had, however, been used as a literary language centuries before Chaucers time, and several of Chaucers contemporariesJohn Gower, William Langland, the Pearl Poet, and Julian of Norwichalso wrote major literary works in English. It is unclear to what extent Chaucer was responsible for starting a trend as opposed to simply being part of it. While Chaucer clearly states the addressees of many of his poems, the intended audience of The Canterbury Tales is more difficult to determine. Chaucer was a courtier, leading some to believe that he was mainly a court poet who wrote exclusively for nobility.

Spanning Chaucer's working life, these four poems move from the conventional allegorical "love visions" toward realistic storytelling and provide a marvelous self-portrait. This selection includes "The Book of the Duchess," "The House of Fame," "The Parliament of the Birds," and "The Legend of Good Women."

En la posada del Tabardo, se ha reunido un grupo de personas pertenecientes a los más diversos estratos sociales con un objetivo común: la peregrinación hasta Canterbury, donde se encuentra enterrado santo Tomás Becket. Antes de iniciar el viaje, el anfitrión del heterogéneo grupo propone que, para amenizar el camino, cada peregrino vaya explicando cuentos a los demás por turnos. Los relatos, que van del tema más noble a la anécdota más obscena y de la preocupación más elevada al aspecto más cotidiano de la vida humana, poco a poco van ofreciendo el retrato de una sociedad que, aunque hunde sus raíces en la Edad Media, está a las puertas de la renovación que llevará al Renacimiento.

"The Canterbury Tales", compiled in the late fourteenth century, is an incisive portrait, infused with Chaucer's wry wit and vibrant, poetical language. He evokes a spectrum of colourful characters, from the bawdy Wife of Bath to the gallant Knight, the fastidious Prioress and the burly, drunken Miller. As they wend their way from Southwark to Canterbury, tales are told to pass the time, and the stories are as diverse as the narrators, encompassing themes such as adultery, revenge, courtly love, lechery, avarice and penitence. As humorous today as when it was written over six centuries ago, "The Canterbury Tales" remains one of the most popular and enjoyable of the classic works of literature.

As humorous today as when it was written over six centuries ago, the canterbury tales remains one of the most popular and enjoyable of the classic works of literature.

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) 'We'll give a free dinner to the person who tells the best story. Now, put up your hands if you agree.' The pilgrims all held up their hands. A group of pilgrims are travelling together for five days from London to Canterbury. On the way, each pilgrim has to tell a story to keep the others amused. Some stories are happy, and some are sad. But they all have a message, and we can learn from them.

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