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Burton Raffel
Burton Raffel is a translator, poet, and scholar whose major translations include The Canterbury Tales, Beowulf, Don Quijote, The Red and the Black, and Gargantua and Pantagruel. He has also annotated several Shakespeare plays for Yale University Press. He was the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities and emeritus professor of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette until 2003. He lives in Louisiana.
Burton Raffel is a translator, poet, and scholar whose major translations include The Canterbury Tales, Beowulf, Don Quijote, The Red and the Black, and Gargantua and Pantagruel. He has also annotated several Shakespeare plays for Yale University Press. He was the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities and emeritus professor of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette until 2003. He lives in Louisiana.
The Canterbury Tales
Written by Geoffrey Chaucer
Translated by Burton Raffel
Introduction by John Miles Foley
Trade Paperback | Modern Library | Poetry - Single Author - British & Irish; Poetry - Ancient, Classical & Medieval
978-0-8129-7845-2 (0-8129-7845-5) | November 2009 | $17.00
Written by Geoffrey Chaucer
Translated by Burton Raffel
Introduction by John Miles Foley
Trade Paperback | Modern Library | Poetry - Single Author - British & Irish; Poetry - Ancient, Classical & Medieval
978-0-8129-7845-2 (0-8129-7845-5) | November 2009 | $17.00
The Canterbury Tales
Written by Geoffrey Chaucer
Translated by Burton Raffel
Introduction by John Miles Foley
Hardcover | Modern Library | Poetry - Single Author - British & Irish; Poetry - Ancient, Classical & Medieval
978-0-679-64355-5 (0-679-64355-9) | November 2008 | $36.00
Written by Geoffrey Chaucer
Translated by Burton Raffel
Introduction by John Miles Foley
Hardcover | Modern Library | Poetry - Single Author - British & Irish; Poetry - Ancient, Classical & Medieval
978-0-679-64355-5 (0-679-64355-9) | November 2008 | $36.00
The Canterbury Tales
Written by Geoffrey Chaucer
Translated by Burton Raffel
eBook | Modern Library | Poetry - Single Author - British & Irish; Poetry - Ancient, Classical & Medieval
978-1-58836-764-8 (1-58836-764-9) | November 2008 | $36.00
Written by Geoffrey Chaucer
Translated by Burton Raffel
eBook | Modern Library | Poetry - Single Author - British & Irish; Poetry - Ancient, Classical & Medieval
978-1-58836-764-8 (1-58836-764-9) | November 2008 | $36.00
Pure Pagan
Translated by Burton Raffel
Introduction by Guy Davenport
Trade Paperback | Modern Library | Poetry
978-0-8129-6962-7 (0-8129-6962-6) | October 2005 | $11.95
Translated by Burton Raffel
Introduction by Guy Davenport
Trade Paperback | Modern Library | Poetry
978-0-8129-6962-7 (0-8129-6962-6) | October 2005 | $11.95
Pure Pagan
Translated by Burton Raffel
Introduction by Guy Davenport
eBook | Modern Library | Poetry
978-0-307-43164-6 (0-307-43164-9) | December 2007 | $11.95
Translated by Burton Raffel
Introduction by Guy Davenport
eBook | Modern Library | Poetry
978-0-307-43164-6 (0-307-43164-9) | December 2007 | $11.95
The Red and the Black
Written by Stendhal
Translated by Burton Raffel
eBook | Modern Library | Fiction
978-1-58836-305-3 (1-58836-305-8) | June 2003 | $9.95
Written by Stendhal
Translated by Burton Raffel
eBook | Modern Library | Fiction
978-1-58836-305-3 (1-58836-305-8) | June 2003 | $9.95