This peerless edition of Chaucer's complete works is the fruit of many years' study and is widely regarded as the standard text. Edited and annotated to a high standard, and with a new foreword by Christopher Cannon, the Riverside Chaucer is now the indispensable edition for students and readers of Chaucer.

It is a sheer pleasure to read. Klappentext This peerless edition of Chaucer's complete works is the fruit of many years' study and is widely regarded as the standard text. Edited and annotated to a high standard, and with a new foreword by Christopher Cannon, the Riverside Chaucer is now the indispensable edition for students and readers of Chaucer. Zusammenfassung This peerless edition of Chaucer's complete works is the fruit of many years' study and is widely regarded as the standard text. Edited and annotated to a high standard, and with a new foreword by Christopher Cannon, the Riverside Chaucer is now the indispensable edition for students and readers of Chaucer.

It is a sheer pleasure to read.

Autorentext
Geoffrey Chaucer wurde um 1340 als Sohn eines reichen Weinhändlers in London geboren. Er genoss eine höfische Erziehung und studierte an der Londoner Juristenschule; siebzehn Jahre lang war er Mitglied des königlichen Hofstaats und heiratete eine Hofdame der Königin. Zwischen 1368 und 1373 wurde er auf verschiedene diplomatische Missionen nach Frankreich und Italien geschickt; dort lernte er u.a. Petrarca und Boccaccio kennen. Ab 1374 lebte er in London, war Hofdichter Richards II., Friedensrichter und Parlamentsmitglied. Nach seinem Tod im Jahr 1400 wurde er in Westminster Abbey beigesetzt.
Chaucer gilt als Begründer der englischen Dichtung: Er schrieb in mittelenglischer Sprache und machte diese so hoffähig.

Klappentext

The third edition of the definitive collection of Chaucer's Complete Works, reissued with a new foreword by Christopher Cannon. Since F. N. Robinson's second edition of the The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer was published in 1957, there has been a dramatic increase in Chaucer scholarship. This has not only enriched our understanding of Chaucer's art, but has also enabled scholars, working for the first time with all the source-material, to recreate Chaucer's authentic texts. For the third edition, an international team of experts completely re-edited all the works, added glosses to appear on the page with the text, and greatly expanded the introductory material, explanatory notes, textual notes, bibliography, and glossary. In short, the Riverside Chaucer is the fruit of many years' study - the most authentic and exciting edition available of Chaucer's Complete Works.

Zusammenfassung
This peerless edition of Chaucer's complete works is the fruit of many years' study and is widely regarded as the standard text. Edited and annotated to a high standard, and with a new foreword by Christopher Cannon, the Riverside Chaucer is now the indispensable edition for students and readers of Chaucer.

Inhalt

• Foreword
• Preface
• INTRODUCTION
• Chaucer's Life
• The Canon and Chronology of Chaucer's Works
• Language and Versification
• The Texts
• THE CANTERBURY TALES
• THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS
• THE HOUSE OF FAME
• ANELIDA AND ARCITE
• THE PARLIAMENT OF FOWLS
• BOECE
• THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN
• THE SHORT POEMS
• A TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABE
• THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE
• APPENDIX
• General Bibliography
• Explanatory Notes
• Textual Notes
• Glossary
• Index of Proper Names