An introduction to Chaucer

by Brewer, Derek

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Full title :An introduction to Chaucer / Derek Brewer.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1998
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Oxfordshire, England
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1998

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (441 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781315844602, 1315844605
oclc:ocn889266310
LC Classification:PR1905
Dewey Decimal:821.1

Ch. 1. In the beginning -- ch. 2. Chaucer's education -- ch. 3. The courtly life -- ch. 4. The English and European literary traditions -- ch. 5. Courtier and soldier -- ch. 6. The book of the duchess I : quest and commemoration -- ch. 7. The book of the duchess II : dreaming the spoken and written self -- ch. 8. The book of the duchess III : death, laughter, repetition and comfort -- ch. 9. Diplomat and civil servant : private and public trouble -- ch. 10. From House of fame to Parliament of fowls : discontent and search -- ch. 11. The parliament of fowls : communality and conflict -- ch. 12. The fair chain of love : the consolations of philosophy and Venus -- ch. 13. The tale of Palamon and Arcite : love and death -- ch. 14. Troilus and Criseyde I : from a view to a death -- ch. 15. Troilus and Criseyde II : characters and critics -- ch. 16. Troilus and Criseyde III : the lore of love -- ch. 17. The legend of good women : Cupid's saints -- ch. 18. Prologue to The Canterbury tales -- ch. 19. The Canterbury tales I : love and rivalry : tragedy and comedy -- ch. 20. The Canterbury tales II : constancy and inconstancy ; love and anger ; trouthe and gentilesse -- ch. 21. The Canterbu…

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Biographies Chaucer, Geoffrey Courts and courtiers Great Britain Great Britain -- Biography. -- Court an… Poètes anglais -- Biographies. -- 1100-… Poets, English -- Biography. -- Middle … Poets, English -- Middle English