A Concise Companion to Chaucer PDF
Edited by Corinne Saunders
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Description
This concise companion provides a succinct introduction to Chaucer's major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and to medieval thought more generally.
- Opens with a general introductory section discussing London life and politics, books and authority, manuscripts and readers.
- Subsequent sections focus on Chaucer s major works the dream visions, Troilus and Criseyde and The Canterbury Tales.
- Essays highlight the key religious, political and intellectual contexts for each major work.
- Also covers important general topics, including: medieval literary genres; dream theory; the Church; gender and sexuality; and reading Chaucer aloud.
- Designed so that each contextual essay can be read alongside one of Chaucer s major works.
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- Publisher:Wiley
- Publication Date:15/04/2008
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- ISBN:9781405154628
Information
-
Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Wiley
- Publication Date:15/04/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9781405154628