Troilus and Criseyde
A New Translation
(Sprache: Englisch)
Chaucer's masterpiece and one of the greatest narrative poems in English, the story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde is renowned for its deep humanity and penetrating psychological insight.
This new translation into modern English by a major Chaucerian...
This new translation into modern English by a major Chaucerian...
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Chaucer's masterpiece and one of the greatest narrative poems in English, the story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde is renowned for its deep humanity and penetrating psychological insight.
This new translation into modern English by a major Chaucerian scholar includes an index of the names relating to the Trojan War and an Index of Proverbs.
This new translation into modern English by a major Chaucerian scholar includes an index of the names relating to the Trojan War and an Index of Proverbs.
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`Now listen with good will, as I go straight to my subject matter, in which you may hear the double sorrows of Troilus in his love for Criseyde, and how she forsook him before she died'Like Romeo and Juliet, or Tristan and Iseult, the names of Troilus and Criseyde will always be united: a pair of lovers whose names are inseparable from passion and tragedy. Troilus and Criseyde is Chaucer's masterpiece and was prized for centuries as his supreme achievement. The story of how Troilus and Criseyde discover love and how she abandons him for Diomede after her departure from Troy is dramatically presented in all its comedy and tragic pathos. With its deep humanity and
penetrating insight, Troilus and Criseyde is now recognized as one of the finest narrative poems in the English language.
This is a new translation into contemporary English of Chaucer's greatest single poem which can be read alongside the Middle English original, or as an accurate and readable version in its own right.
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Autoren-Porträt von Geoffrey Chaucer
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Geoffrey Chaucer
- 2008, 256 Seiten, Maße: 19,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben von Windeatt, Barry
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199555079
- ISBN-13: 9780199555079
Sprache:
Englisch
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