Reis, Huriye.
Çeviribilim ve Uygulamalari Dergisi (Journal of Translation Studies, Hacettepe University) 11 (2001): 47-58.
Two translations of Chaucerian works into Turkish--GP (1993), by Barçin Erol, and CT (1994), by Nazim Ağil--illustrate the "cultural approximation necessitated by the act of translation." Reis assesses specific passages from these translations,…
Hieatt, A. Kent, and Constance Hieatt, trans.
New York: Golden Press, 1961.
Adaptations of selections and abbreviations of CT in modern prose: GP, KnT, WBPT, FrPT, ClPT, FranPT, ThPT (in stanzaic poetry), NPPT, PardPT, CYPT, ManPT, and MLPT. Includes numerous color illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren and an Introduction (pp.…
A pantomime adaptation of CT in two acts, with script, song list, properties list, and suggestions for costuming and staging. The characters are drawn from Chaucer's pilgrims, and the plot centers on the pursuit of a "magic story," with motifs,…
Blake, N. F.,and Peter Robinson,eds.
London: King's College, Office for Humanities Communiciations, 1997.
Nine essays by various authors and a preface by the editors, all of which pertain to textual issues of CT or to the principles and practices of the "Canterbury Tales" Project. For individual essays that pertain to Chaucer, search for Canterbury…
Bishop, Kathleen A., ed.
Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, 2008.
Eighteen essays by various authors, with a foreword by David Matthews (pp. x-xiv) and a preface by the editor (pp. xv-xvi). For individual essays, search for "CanterburyTales" Revisited under Alternative Title.
Ackroyd, Peter, trans.
London: Penguin; New York: Viking, 2009.
Primarily a prose modernization of CT (Th in verse; Mel and ParsT excluded) that emulates Chaucer's shifts in register and idiom. Includes a translator's note and an introduction on Chaucer's life and works. Illustratrd by Nick Bantock.
Taylor, Andrew.
Books That Changed the World: The 50 Most Influential Books in Human History (London: Quercus, 2008), pp. 46-49.
Summarizes Chaucer's life and works, particularly CT, and praises Chaucer's characterizations, use of vernacular English, and depiction of a wide social range and register.
Facing-page translation of selections from CT into informal, colloquial modern prose. A brief introduction characterizes the pilgrims and the characters in selected tales; selections include GP, KnT, MilT, WBPT, PardPT, Th, and NPT.
Riley, Martin
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Rev. ed.
An adaptation for the stage of selections from CT, designed for juvenile actors. Includes versions of PardT, NPT, WBT, KnT, and MilT, framed by a prologue and interludes that feature the antics of four "alchemists." The volume includes instructions…
Gardiner, Patrick, and Miriam Jacobson.
New York: Spark, 2002.
Study guide to CT, with emphasis on plot, character, theme, and motif, particularly in GP, KnT, MilPT, WBPT, PardPT, and NPPT. Includes summaries, commentary on quotations, suggested essay topics, and review materials.
Miltner, Robert.
[Rocky River, Ohio]: The Center for Learning, 1988.
Pedagogical materials for high school teachers, including ten lessons on CT, topics for assignments, handouts, report forms, and instructions on how to use these materials.
Myerson, Jonathan, dir.
Cardiff: S4C, with HBO and BBC Wales, 1998.
Animated adaptation/retelling of MerT, PardT, and FranT, with interspersed selections from GP, each dramatized in a different style of animation. The tales are shortened, reduced to simplified plots. Two versions are included, one in modern English…
Myerson, Jonathan, dir.
Cardiff: S4C, with HBO and BBC Wales, 1998.
Animated adaptation/retelling of NPT, KnT, and WBT, with interspersed selections from GP, each dramatized in a different style of animation. The tales are shortened, reduced to simplified plots. Two versions are included, one in modern English and…
Ruggiers, Paul G., ed. with introductions by Donald C. Baker, A. I. Doyle, and M. B. Parkes.
Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1979.
Designed as the basic text of CT for the "Variorum Chaucer," a facsimile of the Hengwrt, which may have been produced in Chaucer's lifetime, one of the earliest and most reliable of the manuscripts of the CT.
Raffel, Burton, trans.
North Kingston, R.I.: BBC Audiobooks, 2008.
An audio reading of Raffel's translation of the complete CT (New York: Modern Library, 2008); disc 1 includes the general introduction by John Miles Foley and Raffel's translator introduction. Six readers narrate the tales: Bill Wallis, Ric Jerrom,…
Modern prose adaptation of selections from CT (GP, PardT, RvT, Th, FranT, and MilT), set within the pilgrimage frame, designed for staging by students in their "lower and middle years of secondary school". The text is interspersed with various…
Wright, David, trans.
New York: Random House, [1964].
Translates into "straightforward contemporary prose" all of CT, except for Th (here in verse) and Mel and ParsT (here summarized briefly). The Introduction (pp. ix-xii) summarizes Chaucer's life and comments on the translation.
Howard, Donald R., ed., with the assistance of James Dean.
New York : New American Library, 1969.
An annotated edition of selections from CT in Middle English, including KnT, MilT, MLT, ClT, SNT, FrT, NPT, RvT, FranT, WBT, MkT, PardT, PrT, and Mel. Reprinted in 2005 with a new foreward (pp. 7-15) by Frank Grady, and in 2013 with an afterword by…
Poulton, Mike.
London: Nick Hern, in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company, 2005.
Selections from CT adapted for the stage in modernized iambic couplets (with MLT, PrT, and ClT in rhyme royal stanzas), arranged in two plays, each with two parts, with intervals. Part One opens with a truncated GP, as most of the descriptions of the…
Selections from CT (GP, KnT, MilT, RvT, ShT, MkT, NPT, PardPT, WBPT, FrT, SumT, MerT, SqT, FranT, Ret) in Coghill's modernization (originally published 1951), with illustrations from medieval manuscripts, brasses, stained glass, and other artifacts.
