Geoffrey Chaucer – Knjiga.hr

Chaucer s Canterbury Tales

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Kanterberijske priče 1-2

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Canterburyjske priče značajna su zbirka priča koju je napisao Geoffrey Chaucer na srednjeengleskom između 1387. i 1400. Sadrži 24 priče koje premašuju 17 000 redaka, često se smatra Chaucerovim magnum opusom. Narativni okvir usredotočuje se na skupinu od oko 30 hodočasnika koji kreću na putovanje iz Londona u Canterbury kako bi posjetili svetište svetog Thomasa Becketa. Sudjeluju u natjecanju u pripovijedanju priča tijekom svojih putovanja, a pobjednik dobiva besplatan obrok u gostionici Tabard po povratku. Chaucerov rad poznat je po popularizaciji engleskog govornog jezika u književnosti, udaljavajući se od dominacije francuskog i latinskog. Iako se engleski koristio u književnim kontekstima prije Chaucera, njegovi doprinosi pomogli su da se uspostavi kao legitiman književni jezik. Priče obuhvaćaju široku paletu žanrova, uključujući religijske legende, dvorske romanse i raskalašne fabliaux, odražavajući različita društvena podrijetla hodočasnika – od vitezova do seljaka. Unatoč svojoj važnosti, Canterburyjske priče ostaju nedovršene. Chaucer je u početku namjeravao da svaki hodočasnik ispriča četiri priče – dvije na putu za Canterbury i dvije na povratku – ukupno oko 120 priča. Međutim, nije dovršio ovaj ambiciozni plan, ostavljajući neke priče neispričane, a druge nedovršene. Djelo uključuje prolog koji predstavlja hodočasnike i isprepliće njihove priče dramatičnim vezama koje naglašavaju njihove interakcije, prikazujući Chaucerovo oštroumno promatranje ljudske prirode i društva. Sve u svemu, Canterburyjske priče predstavljaju kamen temeljac engleske književnosti, slavljene zbog svojih bogatih portreta likova i istraživanja tema kao što su moral, društvena klasa i ljudska ludost.

The Portable Chaucer (Revised Edition)

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:46:45 +0000

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 fabliaux, 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 The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Cressida—ranks with that of the great English novelists. Both The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Cressida 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. The Portable Chaucer also contains selections from The Book of Duchess, The House of Fame, The Bird’s Parliament, and The Legend of Good Women, 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. Edited and Translated by Theodore Morrison.

The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 17:28:55 +0000

A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer with the Original 87 Illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 ? 25 October 1400?) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales. Sometimes called the father of English literature, Chaucer is credited by some scholars as the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English language, rather than French or Latin. William Morris (24 March 1834 ? 3 October 1896) was an English architect, furniture and textile designer, artist, writer, and socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement. Born in Walthamstow in north London, Morris was educated at Marlborough and Oxford. ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet (28 August 1833 ? 17 June 1898) was an English artist and designer closely associated with the later phase of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, who worked closely with William Morris on a wide range of decorative arts as a founding partner in Morris, Marshall, Faulkner, and Company. Burne-Jones was closely involved in the rejuvenation of the tradition of stained glass art in England; his stained glass works include the windows of St Martin’s Church in Brampton, Cumbria, the church designed by Philip Webb, All Saints, Jesus Lane, Cambridge and in Christ Church College, Oxford. In addition to painting and stained glass, Burne-Jones worked in a variety of crafts; including designing ceramic tiles, jewellery, tapestries, and illustration, most famously designing woodcuts for the Kelmscott Press’s Chaucer in 1896.

A One-text Print of Chaucer’s Minor Poems

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A treatise on the astrolabe

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Canterburyjske priče

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Canterburyjske priče

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