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The Canterbury Tales
Posted on 8/22/18 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 8/22/18 at 7:38 pm
I was recently looking for some new material and my friend who posts here recommended Geoffrey "The Father of English Literature" Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. So I picked up a copy a few days ago and I'm really enjoying it. Honestly, I thought the text would be hard to follow, but I can easily understand what was happening. Right now, I'm on the nun-priest's tale, and it is absolutely wonderful. I have to say that the iambic pentameter and rhyming make reading go smoothly as well. I simply must recommend this text to anyone who is looking for a new book right now. It will completely change how you study English literature. 
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Posted on 8/22/18 at 7:41 pm to red sox fan 13
Thank you, as an educator of the English language myself I can truly appreciate this post. It’s a breath of fresh air to see so much literary fervor in a fellow poster. Once you have read/annotated Neville Coghill’s rendition, which I assume you are reading now, I would attempt to read the original text written in 12th century Anglo-Saxon. You should be able to understand most of it by now.
This post was edited on 8/22/18 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:43 pm to lsudave1
But it is enjoyable
Posted on 8/22/18 at 10:27 pm to red sox fan 13
Incredibly fun to read
Posted on 8/26/18 at 1:44 am to red sox fan 13
This was my favorite thing we read in my British lit class many moons ago. Very entertaining and engaging stories, while in a writing style easy to follow made it a fun read in class and for some skits we acted out. It’s truly Chaucer’s magnum opus and I’ve always felt it’s a shame he passed before getting to finish the whole thing.
Posted on 8/26/18 at 8:01 am to red sox fan 13
It’s been 10 years but I can still rattle off the prologue to the Canterbury tales .. seared into my long term memory
Posted on 11/8/18 at 1:49 pm to lsudave1
Remembering high school, Chaucer that was in our text book was NOT the bawdy version. One friend went to the county library and found a different version, one with words we were not allowed to use in class.
Really peaked the interest of a bunch of well behaved but curious teenaged girls.
Really peaked the interest of a bunch of well behaved but curious teenaged girls.
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:26 pm to red sox fan 13
Excellent classic choice
Posted on 11/10/18 at 11:26 pm to real turf fan
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...”peaked the interest...”
Piqued, perhaps?
Posted on 11/11/18 at 12:25 pm to red sox fan 13
It’s seriously badass. Entertaining, bawdy, funny. The dude was a master.
Posted on 11/13/18 at 1:03 am to red sox fan 13
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Honestly, I thought the text would be hard to follow, but I can easily understand what was happening.
I find the Middle English difficult but somewhat enjoyable to get through.
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