{"product_id":"the-portable-chaucer-revised-edition-9780140150810","title":"The Portable Chaucer: Revised Edition","description":"In the fourteenth century Geoffrey Chaucer, who served three kings as a customs official and special envoy, virtually invented English poetry. He did so by wedding the language of common speech to metrical verse, creating a medium that could accommodate tales of courtly romance, bawdy \u003ci\u003efabliaux\u003c\/i\u003e, astute psychological portraiture, dramatic monologues, moral allegories, and its author's astonishing learning in fields from philosophy to medicine and astrology. Chaucer's accomplishment is unequalled by any poet before Shakespeare and--in \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Cressida\u003c\/i\u003e--ranks with that of the great English novelists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Cressida\u003c\/i\u003e are presented complete in this anthology, in fresh modern translations by Theodore Morrison that convey both the gravity and gaiety of the Middle English originals. \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Chaucer\u003c\/i\u003e also contains selections from \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Duchess, The House of Fame, The Bird's Parliament\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Legend of Good Women\u003c\/i\u003e, together with short poems. Morrison's introduction is vital for its insights into Chaucer as man and artist, and as a product of the Middle Ages whose shrewdness, humor, and compassion have a wonderfully contemporary ring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/1977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140150810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.10w x 1.50d","brand":"Geoffrey Chaucer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44700347728053,"sku":"9780140150810","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c1809ef0-c656-449b-a267-37d17c4a9d1e.jpg?v=1728396796","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-portable-chaucer-revised-edition-9780140150810","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}