{"product_id":"canterbury-tales-introduction-by-derek-pearsall-hardcover","title":"Canterbury Tales: Introduction by Derek Pearsall - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Chaucer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDerek Pearsall\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe precise, unerring, delicately emphatic characterizations for which \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e is so famous are no more extraordinary than Chaucer's utter mastery of English rhythms and his effortless versification. Ranging from animal fables to miniature epics of courtly love and savagely hilarious comedies of sexual comeuppance, these stories told by pilgrims on the way to the shrine of Thomas   Becket in Canterbury reveal a teeming, vital fourteenth-century English society on the verge of its Renaissance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese tales bring together a band of pilgrims who represented most of the occupations and social groups of the time. The diversity of the narrators in turn made possible a varied collection of tales including chivalric romance, spiritual allegory, courtly lay, beast fable and literary satire.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), often referred to as \"the grandfather of English literature,\" is invariably ranked with Shakespeare and Milton as one of the three greatest poets of the English language. His masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales, \u003c\/i\u003e has been a touchstone for English-language poetry for more than half a millennium and is one of the most widely read works in the Western canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 664\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.47 x 8.34 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756910608672,"sku":"9780679409892","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/94baf150546b8b14782af0db51708120.webp?v=1780089025","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/canterbury-tales-introduction-by-derek-pearsall-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}