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Geoffrey Chaucer : the Canterbury tales / Winthrop Wetherbee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wetherbee, Winthrop, 1938- author.
- Series:
- Landmarks of world literature.
- Landmarks of world literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey.
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
- Tales, Medieval--History and criticism.
- Tales, Medieval.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 126 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- Canterbury tales
- Chaucer : the Canterbury tales
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This introductory guide places the Canterbury Tales in the context of the crisis in English society in the fourteenth century. It examines the social diversity of Chaucer's pilgrims, the stylistic range of their tales and the psychological richness of their interaction. The volume offers students a clear image of the powerful representation of the social reality that makes the Canterbury Tales one of the most important texts in English literature. Emphasis is placed on the language of the poem, the place of Chaucer in subsequent literary tradition, and an entire chapter is devoted to the General Prologue which is widely studied on undergraduate courses. Finally, the volume offers a helpful chronology of the period and an invaluable guide to further reading.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chronology; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The General Prologue; Chapter 3 Gentles: chivalry and the courtly world; Chapter 4 Churls: commerce and the material world; Chapter 5 Women; Chapter 6 The art and problems of tale-telling; Chapter 7 The final tales; Chapter 8 Afterword: the reception of the Canterbury Tales; Guide to further reading
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-125).
- ISBN:
- 1-107-14884-7
- 1-283-32915-8
- 0-511-16542-0
- 9786613329158
- 0-511-80332-X
- 0-511-16608-7
- 0-511-16413-0
- 0-511-56679-4
- 0-511-16493-9
- OCLC:
- 437163536
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