{"product_id":"a-concise-companion-to-chaucer-paperback-softback-9781405113885","title":"A Concise Companion to Chaucer (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405113885","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Concise Companion to Chaucer\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCorinne Saunders (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405113885, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 December 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 2.2 cm, 0.445 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis concise companion provides a succinct introduction to Chaucer's major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and to medieval thought more generally.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOpens with a general introductory section discussing London life and politics, books and authority, manuscripts and readers.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSubsequent sections focus on Chaucer’s major works – the dream visions, \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEssays highlight the key religious, political and intellectual contexts for each major work.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlso covers important general topics, including: medieval literary genres; dream theory; the Church; gender and sexuality; and reading Chaucer aloud.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDesigned so that each contextual essay can be read alongside one of Chaucer’s major works.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on Edition xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Chaucer in Context 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Politics and London Life 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarion Turner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Manuscripts and Audience 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Books and Authority 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. F. Yeager\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Dream Visions 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Dreaming 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven F. Kruger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Courtly Writing 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarry Windeatt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Troilus and Criseyde 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Love in Wartime: Troilus and Criseyde as Trojan History 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Lynch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Love and the Making of the Self: Troilus and Criseyde 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCorinne Saunders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Tragedy and Romance in Chaucer’s ‘Litel Bok’ of Troilus and Criseyde 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorm Klassen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Canterbury Tales 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Genre in and of the Canterbury Tales 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudith Ferster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Morality and Immorality 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Firth Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Marriage, Sexuality and the Family 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeil Cartlidge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Christianity and the Church 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn C. 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