The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

<p>Accompany a band of merry medieval pilgrims as they make their way-on motorcycles, of course-to Canterbury. Meeting at the Tabard Inn, the travelers, including a battle-worn knight, a sweetly pretentious prioress, the bawdy Wife of Bath, and an emaciated scholar-clerk, come up with a plan to pass time on the journey to Thomas à Becket's shrine by telling stories. The twenty-four tales, which range from high romance set in ancient Greece to low comedy in contemporary England, are adapted into graphic novel form by Seymour Chwast-a pitch-perfect transposition of Chaucer's pointed satire. Chwast's illustrations relate tales of trust and treachery, of piety and bawdiness, in an engaging style that will appeal to those who have enjoyed <i>The Canterbury Tales</i> for years, and those for whom this is a first, delectable introduction.</p><p><b>Praise for Dante's <i>Divine Comedy</i>:</b></p><p>"With all due respect to Dante, this is Chwast's Divine Comedy…[Chwast] makes the Divine Comedy irresistibly comic and inspirationally transcendent."<b>-<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred review)</b></p><p>"With his signature mix of humor, artistry, and high-level design, [Chwast] conveys a breathtaking amount of information in clear black and white line drawings…Chwast does a stunning job of telling Dante's story in his own brilliant style."<b>-<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)</b></p><p>"A clever reimagining of a classic…The lamentations of the damned were never so much fun." <b>-<i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b></p><p>"Diabolically witty, devilishly expressive cartoon drawings…An accessible introduction to The Divine Comedy-a sort of high-end, WHAM-POW Cliff's Notes…Fiendishly entertaining."<b>-NPR.org</b></p>