Textbook
A Concise Companion to ChaucerISBN: 978-1-4051-1388-5
Paperback
304 pages
February 2006, ©2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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This concise companion provides a succinct introduction to
Chaucer’s major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and to
medieval thought more generally.
- Opens with a general introductory section discussing London
life and politics, books and authority, manuscripts and
readers.
- Subsequent sections focus on Chaucer’s major works
– the dream visions, Troilus and Criseyde and The
Canterbury Tales.
- Essays highlight the key religious, political and intellectual
contexts for each major work.
- Also covers important general topics, including: medieval
literary genres; dream theory; the Church; gender and sexuality;
and reading Chaucer aloud.
- Designed so that each contextual essay can be read alongside one of Chaucer’s major works.