| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 317 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Note |
Rev. ed. of: The Cambridge Chaucer companion / edited by Piero Boitani and Jill Mann. 1986. |
| Bibliography |
"Further reading: a guide to Chaucer studies": pages 290-306. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. The social and literary scene in England / Paul Strohm -- 2. Chaucer's French inheritance / Ardis Butterfield -- 3. Chaucer's Italian inheritance / David Wallace -- 4. Old books brought to life in dreams: the Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, the Parliament of Fowls / Piero Boitani -- 5. Telling the story of Troilus and Criseyde / Mark Lambert -- 6. Chance and destiny in Troilus and Criseyde and the Knight's tale / Jill Mann -- 7. The legend of good women / Julia Boffey and A.S.G. Edwards -- 8. The Canterbury Tales: personal drama or experiments in poetic variety? / C. David Benson -- 9. The Canterbury Tales I: romance / J.A. Burrow -- 10. The Canterbury tales II: comedy / Derek Pearsall -- 11. The Canterbury Tales III: pathos / Robert Worth Frank, Jr -- 12. The Canterbury Tales IV: exemplum and fable / A.C. Spearing -- 13. Literary structures in Chaucer / Barry Windeatt -- 14. Chaucer's style / Christopher Cannon -- 15. Chaucer's presence and absence, 1400-1550 / James Simpson -- 16. New approaches to Chaucer / Carolyn Dinshaw -- 17. Further reading: a guide to Chaucer studies / Joerg O. Fichte. |
| Subject |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Added Author |
Boitani, Piero.
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Mann, Jill.
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| Added Title |
Cambridge Chaucer companion.
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| ISBN |
0521815568 |
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9780521815567 |
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0521894670 pb. |
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9780521894678 pb. |
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