Geoffrey Chaucer : the Canterbury tales / Winthrop Wetherbee.

Author
Wetherbee, Winthrop, 1938- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
2nd ed.
Published/​Created
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Description
1 online resource (v, 126 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

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Subject(s)
Series
Landmarks of world literature. [More in this series]
Summary note
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.
Notes
Previous ed.: 1989.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-125).
Language note
English
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
Other title(s)
  • Canterbury tales
  • Chaucer : the Canterbury tales
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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