Chaucer: Readings from Canterbury Tales
written by Geoffrey Chaucer, 1343-1400 (Folkways Records, 1962), 50 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Author
- Geoffrey Chaucer, 1343-1400
- Description
Victor L. Kaplan reads a selection from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in Middle English. Although Middle English is hardly understandable to the modern ear, Chaucer was in his time considered a champion of the English Language (rather than Latin or French) and now the forefather of "English Literature". An interesting listen for both linguists and the literary public. No liner notes.
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 50 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Poetry
- Label
- Folkways Records
- Publisher
- Folkways Records
- Release Date
- 1962
- Subject
- World Music, Music & Performing Arts, Europe, Europa, United Kingdom
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Europa