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A Concise Companion to Chaucer

A Concise Companion to Chaucer

Saunders, Corinne

Paperback

Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture

Literary CriticismPoetry Criticism

ISBN10: 140511388X
ISBN13: 9781405113885
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: Feb 1 2006
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.16 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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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