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A Companion to Chaucer
Peter Brown (Edited by), P Brown (Author)
9780631213321, Wiley
Hardback, published 4 December 2000
536 pages
25.5 x 18 x 4.5 cm, 1.106 kg
‘This collection of accessible, informative essays provides students and teachers with a balance of textual analysis and cultural contexts designed to enhance the understanding of Chaucer's major and minor works . . . Both serious first-time readers of Chaucer and veterans looking for credible information on more recent avenues of inquiry will find this a valuable source of information and bibliography.' Choice "This work, the latest entry in Blackwell's "Companions to Literature and Culture" series. . . provides an inclusive and scholarly orientation to current theories and interpretation of Chaucer's works." "Each essay. . . places Chaucer's texts into cultural context by examining the medieval point of view, and includes notes, references, and suggestions for further readings." "The text. . . will serve well as a one-volume introduction for new students. It also provides access to original research and new ideas sought by graduate students and faculty." Library Journal "Overall, this is useful book. providing an up-to-date survey of the state of Chaucer scholarship on a wide range of issues...it will provoke interesting and educational debates in and out of the classroom." Reference Reviews "[This book] is both highly readable and rich in its diversity, a book which any Chaucerian, novice or seasoned, will often pick up simply for the pleasure of browsing[...] Every student of Chaucer, from undergraduate to emiritus professor, will want to have access to it." English Studies: A Journal of English Language and Literature
Designed as both a contribution to original research and as a stimulating and accessible text, this volume is a helpful, reliable, responsive and adaptable resource for students of Chaucer at all levels.
List of Illustrations viii The Contributors ix Acknowledgements xv Abbreviations of Chaucer's Works xvi The Idea of a Chaucer Companion 1 1 Afterlife 8 2 Authority 23 3 Bodies 40 4 Chivalry 58 5 Christian Ideologies 75 6 Comedy 90 7 Contemporary English Writers 114 8 Crisis and Dissent 133 9 France 149 10 Games 167 11 Genre 180 12 Geography and Travel 195 13 Italy 218 14 Language 235 15 Life Histories 251 16 London 266 17 Love 281 18 Modes of Representation 296 19 Narrative 312 20 Other Thought-worlds 332 21 Pagan Survivals 349 22 Personal Identity 360 23 Science 378 24 Social Structures 397 25 Style 414 26 Texts 428 27 Translation 443 28 Visualizing 459 29 Women 480 Index 495
Peter Brown
Carolyn Collette
Andrew Galloway
Linda Ehrsam Voigts
Derek Brewer
Nicholas Watson
Laura Kendrick
James Simpson
Alcuin Blamires
Michael Hanly
Malcolm Andrew
Caroline D. Eckhardt
Scott D. Westrem
David Wallace
David Burnley
Janette Dillon
Michael Hanrahan
Helen Phillips
Edward Wheatley
Robert R. Edwards
Susanna Fein
John M. Fyler
Lynn Staley
Irma Taavitsainen
Robert Swanson
John F. Plummer
Tim William Machan
Roger Ellis
Sarah Stanbury
Nicky Hallett
Subject Areas: Literature: history & criticism [DS]
