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Sto caricando le informazioni... A Companion to Chaucer's Canterbury Talesdi Margaret Hallissy
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Because my Everyman edition of the Canterbury Tales doesn't have much support material apart from a few glosses of difficult words in the margin (and some student's handwritten annotations on the first three pages of the General Prologue), I borrowed Hallissy's Companion from the library to get a bit of historical and critical background for what I was reading. It turned out to be only moderately useful - Hallissy, who teaches at Long Island University, evidently had the needs of her own students (of the MTV generation) in mind, and didn't set the bar very high. She doesn't assume any knowledge of medieval history or literature, or even very much knowledge of 1990s society (there are a lot of sentences that start "Many people today still..."). In fact, she's not even really counting on the student reading the actual text, because every chapter includes a lengthy précis of the Tale in question and a few selected quotations to use in your essay. Hallissy's strength is in analysing Chaucer's social and religious attitudes (especially about marriage and the role of women in society) in the context of 14th century beliefs, and it's probably worth reading the book for this, but there's a lot of chaff to get through, and sadly she only pays very minimal attention to Chaucer's language or use of verse-forms. Not the waste of space I was afraid it might be when I opened it, but probably not the most useful guide unless you are an American undergraduate who thinks of the middle ages as the pre-smartphone era... ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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This do-it-yourself course for the first-time Chaucer reader is geared specifically to high school and undergraduate students because it systematically proceeds through a clear explication of each tale and makes the tales accessible to those unfamiliar with Chaucer's work. Reading this book along with Canterbury Tales, tale by tale, will help the reader to understand and appreciate each tale, Chaucer's world, and his language. This book differs from other guides to the tales because it takes the reader along on the pilgrimage through each tale and assumes no previous experience with Chaucer's work. Middle English and modern English paraphrases of passages from the tales are arranged together for the ease of the novice. Whether the reader is seeking assistance with a single tale or with the whole work, this companion provides a level of instruction appropriate for high school and college courses.In individual essays, Hallissy introduces the literary pilgrim to Chaucer the writer, his world, and his language. An explicatory essay is provided for the General Prologue and for each major tale--the Knight, the Miller, the Reeve, the Man of Law, the Wife of Bath, the Friar, the Summoner, the Clerk, the Merchant, the Franklin, the Physician, the Pardoner, the Shipman, the Prioress, the Nun's Priest, the Second Nun, the Canon's Yeoman, and the Manciple. Six lesser-read tales are treated in an appendix. The tales are interpreted in terms of key patterns of medieval thought that Chaucer shared with his original audience. Hallissy's style is clear, readable, and jargon-free. Explications are thorough and consistent, and connections are drawn between the tales. Medieval visual images illuminate the text amd suggestions for further reading have been selected specifically for high school and undergraduate students. This work can be used as a reference volume for a reader interested in a single tale or for the entire Canterbury Tales and will be of great value to high school and college students reading Chaucer's work for the first time, as well as to high school teachers preparing for classes. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)821.1Literature English & Old English literatures English poetry 1066-1400 Early English period, medieval periodClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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