The Canterbury Tales in Plain and Simple English (Translated)

The Canterbury Tales in Plain and Simple English (Translated)
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides
Total Pages: 1400
Release: 2012-12-21
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1621074595

Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is epic in everyway; it have love, humor, history, religion--it has it all! Who wouldn't want to read this true classic? Unfortunately, reading it and understanding it can be two very different things because the English often just does not make sense to the modern reader. Let BookCaps help with this modern translation. If you have struggled in the past reading old English, then BookCaps can help you out. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

The Rape of the Lock In Plain and Simple English (Translated)

The Rape of the Lock In Plain and Simple English (Translated)
Author: Alexander Pope
Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2013-09-05
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1621075842

Alexander Pope's mock-heroic poem is one of the greatest satires ever wrote. The essay is as hilarious today as it was hundreds of years ago...if you can understand it! If you have struggled in the past reading the satire, then BookCaps can help you out. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

The Merchant's Prologue and Tale

The Merchant's Prologue and Tale
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2016-06-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1316615472

Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance. This stunning full-colour edition from the bestselling Cambridge School Chaucer series explores the complete text of The Merchant's Prologue and Tale through a wide range of classroom-tested activities and illustrated information, including a map of the Canterbury pilgrimage, a running synopsis of the action, an explanation of unfamiliar words and suggestions for study. Cambridge School Chaucer makes medieval life and language more accessible, helping students appreciate Chaucer's brilliant characters, his wit, sense of irony and love of controversy.

The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation

The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2012-03-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 039334178X

Fisher's work is a vivid, lively, and readable translation of the most famous work of England's premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer's rhyme and meter and faithfully articulating his poetic voice, Fisher makes Chaucer's tales accessible to a contemporary ear.

Legend of Good Women

Legend of Good Women
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2006-10
Genre:
ISBN: 1425032362

An outstanding poem and a consummate example of employing the dream vision technique. It is one of the longest works of Chaucer. The poet unfolds ten stories of virtuous women in nine sections. It is one of the first mock-heroic works in English Literature. Inspirational!...

A Chaucer Glossary

A Chaucer Glossary
Author: Norman Davis
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 185
Release: 1979
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780198111719

This Glossary, designed as a practical aid to the reading of Chaucer, is intended to be serviceable with any of the widely read editions. Its primary aim is to explain the meanings of words and phrases used by Chaucer in ways which are unfamiliar in modern English. Words used as they are today are not included, but many now in common use do appear, as they had different connotations in Chaucer's time. This concise working tool will be valuable to all Middle English scholars.

The Canterbury Tales, The New Translation

The Canterbury Tales, The New Translation
Author: Gerald J. Davis
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2016-06-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1365188019

The classic collection of beloved tales, both sacred and profane, of travelers in medieval England. Complete and Unabridged.