"Canterbury Tales" for Children in China.

Author / Editor
Zhang, Lian.

Title
"Canterbury Tales" for Children in China.

Published
Notes and Queries 264 (2019): 202-4.

Description
Describes the first printings of Chaucer's works in China, during the Republican period (1912–1949). All are portions of CT translated into Chinese from modern English adaptations for children, providing for children and adults alike contact with "western literary tradition" and "positive ethical viewpoints" that "met traditional Chinese moral standards."

Chaucer Subjects
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations