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Chaucerian conflict languages of antagonism in late fourteenth-century London Marion Turner
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turner, Marion, 1976-
- Series:
- Oxford English monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Political and social views.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Criticism and interpretation.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Troilus and Criseyde.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales.
- Literature and society--England--History--To 1500.
- Literature and society.
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--Criticism, Textual.
- English literature.
- Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Social history.
- Social conflict in literature.
- Social structure in literature.
- England--Civilization--1066-1485.
- England.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
- Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey).
- Troilus and Criseyde (Chaucer, Geoffrey).
- Civilization.
- English literature--Middle English.
- Political and social views.
- Social history--Medieval.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford Clarendon Press New York Oxford University Press 2007
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
- Summary:
- 'Chaucerian Conflict' offers a different reading of Chaucer. While most critics have seen his work as essentially socially optimistic and congenial, this book argues that Chaucer was concerned with conflict and social antagonism. His texts are examined alongside a variety of poetry and historical documents from the period
- Contents:
- Introduction : Chaucerian conflict
- Discursive turbulence : slander, the House of fame, and the Mercers' petition
- Urban treason : Troilus and Criseyde and the 'treasonous aldermen' of 1382
- Idealism and antagonism : Troynovaunt in the late fourteenth century
- Ricardian communities : Thomas Usk's social fantasies
- Conflicted Compaignyes : the Canterbury fellowship and urban associational form
- Conflict resolved? : the language of peace and Chaucer's 'Tale of Melibee'
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-208) and index
- Print version record
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
- Other Format:
- Print version Turner, Marion. Chaucerian conflict
- ISBN:
- 0191525936
- 9780191525933
- 9781435609822
- 1435609824
- 9780191709142
- 019170914X
- 9786611149086
- 6611149082
- 128114908X
- 9781281149084
- OCLC:
- 252685896
- Publisher Number:
- 9786611149086
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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