Telling Tales

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A brilliant reeinterpretation of The Canterbury Tales for the 21st century Tabard Inn to Canterb ry Cathedral,Poet pilgrims competing for free picks,Chaucer Tales, track by track, it s the remixFrom below the belt base to the topnotch I won t stop all the clocks with a stopwatchwhen the tales overrun, run offensive,or run clean out of steam, they re authenticand we re keeping it real, reminisce this Chaucer Tales were an unfinished business Award winning poet Patience Agbabi presents an inspired remix of Chaucer s Canterbury Tales retelling all of the stories, from the Miller s Tale to the Wife of Bath s in her own critically acclaimed poetic style Celebrating Chaucer s Middle English masterwork for its performance element as well as its poetry and pilgrims, Agbabi s collection is utterly unique Boisterous, funky, foul mouthed, sublimely lyrical, and bursting at the seams, Telling Tales takes one of our most significant works of literature and gives it thrilling new life. Best Download Books Telling Tales Author Patience Agbabi – kino-fada.fr view spoiler Bettie s Books hide spoilerIf Chaucer were alive today and spent most of his time battle rapping, this book would be the result Alive with energy and spunk, these skilled and highly irreverent rhymes are of sufficient quality to do justice to the originals HOWEVER, somehow the saucy elements of these tales seem EXTRA SAUCY Perhaps without the mists of Middle English obscuring this reader s view, all elements seem stronger, or perhaps the author chose to turn up the volume on the ribaldry Either way, gentle readers sho If Chaucer were alive today and spent most of his time battle rapping, this book would be the result Alive with energy and spunk, these skilled and highly irreverent rhymes are of sufficient quality to do justice to the originals HOWEVER, somehow the saucy elements of these tales seem EXTRA SAUCY Perhaps without the mists of Middle English obscuring...These poems are gorgeous, inventive, irreverent, and joyous I loved them I d previously read and taught with individual poems, but they re a special treat as a collection I m not sure why so many reviews seem to characterize them as rap the genres of poetry represented are diverse, though there is a lot ...Favourite poem What Do Women Like BesI love Agabi s retelling of Chaucer s tales It s fresh It s great It s also interesting what the poet seems to focus on each tale Some are creative, others are just as tragic Though I am renting this book for my Chaucer class, I m really thinking about buying it.Not a very entertaining read A contemporary poetic re write of Chaucer s Tales I don t feel the rap guise suits them very well Perhaps this is a book that should be performed or read aloud Reading it in one sitting was not engaging.I don t usually read poetry but I came across this at a library book sale I couldn t pass up a modern day version of the Canterbury Tales This is absolutely genius.Yeah I need to buy myself a copy of this.Bawdy, saucy and not for the faint of heart A very foul mouth and a great grasp of words characterise these poems, making Telling Tales incredibly ingenious and well written, filled with skilful word play and rhyme, and a great new door to Chaucer s original Canterbury Tales.Often a little hard to follow if you re just reading it, I felt that this book should spoken out loud when reading The rhythm flowed naturally and in a lyrical sort of way I enjoyed the book and if you re a fan of musical poetry, you will enjoy this book.

Telling Tales
  • English
  • 11 November 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 120 pages
  • 1782111557
  • Patience Agbabi
  • Telling Tales