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A CONCISE COMPANION TO CHAUCER (CONCISE COMPANIONS TO LITERATURE AND CULTURE)
ISBN: 140511388X
ISBN 13: 9781405113885
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Edition: 1 st
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
Publication Date: Feb 13, 2006
Pages: 304
CollegeBookRenter.com does not guarantee that supplemental materials such as CDs and online access codes will be available with this book.
ISBN 13: 9781405113885
Author:
Edition: 1 st
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
Publication Date: Feb 13, 2006
Pages: 304
CollegeBookRenter.com does not guarantee that supplemental materials such as CDs and online access codes will be available with this book.
Book Summary
This concise companion provides a succinct introduction to Chaucer’s major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and to medieval thought more generally.The book opens with a general introductory section, discussing London life and politics, books and authority, manuscripts and readers. Subsequent sections focus on the dream visions, Troilus and Criseyde and the Canterbury Tales respectively, and illuminate the key religious, political and intellectual contexts for each of these works. These sections on Chaucer’s major works also cover significant general topics, including: medieval literary genres; dream theory; the Church; love, marriage and the family; gender and sexuality; Chaucer’s literary inheritance and influence; and reading Chaucer aloud. Contributors combine contemporary historical and cultural scholarship with recent critical emphases.A Concise Companion to Chaucer is designed so that students can read the appropriate contextual essays alongside each of Chaucer’s major works. Although the focus is on context, the essays also engage directly with Chaucer’s texts.
This concise companion provides a succinct introduction to Chaucer’s major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and to medieval thought more generally.The book opens with a general introductory section, discussing London life and politics, books and authority, manuscripts and readers. Subsequent sections focus on the dream visions, Troilus and Criseyde and the Canterbury Tales respectively, and illuminate the key religious, political and intellectual contexts for each of these works. These sections on Chaucer’s major works also cover significant general topics, including: medieval literary genres; dream theory; the Church; love, marriage and the family; gender and sexuality; Chaucer’s literary inheritance and influence; and reading Chaucer aloud. Contributors combine contemporary historical and cultural scholarship with recent critical emphases.A Concise Companion to Chaucer is designed so that students can read the appropriate contextual essays alongside each of Chaucer’s major works. Although the focus is on context, the essays also engage directly with Chaucer’s texts.
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