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Geoffrey Chaucer
ISBN: 9781843911999
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Hesperus Press Ltd
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A dual-language edition of Chaucer's timeless tale of adultery and deception, presenting a brand new modern-English translation by an acclaimed Chaucer scholar.
In the face of vociferous protestations from his friends, age-withered January selects a radiant young wife. His beloved - innocence embodied, to the untrained eye - wastes little time acquainting herself with his staff. Taking advantage of her husband's blindness, she explores her carnal appetite with his footman, with little regard for dignity. Chaucer's genius is to elevate her transgression to the level of gender politics; as deities intervene to decide the plight of future Man and Woman, the full import of January and May's relationship is revealed.
| ISBN | 184391199X | | Pages | 104 | | ISBN13 | 9781843911999
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Hesperus Press Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 136 | | Imprint | Hesperus Press Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Hesperus Poetry | | Publication date | 26 Aug 2011 | | Height (mm) | 196 | | Translator | Lyn Richmond | | Width (mm) | 122 | | DEWEY | 821.1 | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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