You might also like

More about Chaucer

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 511 loyalty points

Book synopsis

This lively student compendium presents a comprehensive selection of the key critical views of Chaucer in the twentieth century. Stimulating introductions and editorial comment enable students to enter into dialogue with critical opinion, and thereby with Chaucer's writings, whilst the juxtaposition of past and present criticism equips them with a sense of historical perspective.A preliminary chapter addresses the growth of Chaucer criticism over the centuries, and the main developments of the twentieth century, incorporating a range of brief extracts. The structure of the volume then reflects the three major divisions of Chaucer's writing: "The Dream Vision" poetry, "Troilus and Criseyde", and "The Canterbury Tales". Linking discussions introduce the main themes and critical issues of these works. Each section then presents different seminal approaches. For the "Canterbury Tales", for example, students can chart their paths through early allegorical readings, iconographic studies, New Historical approaches, and gender theory. In this way, the volume furnishes the reader with a broader critical repertoire and encourages independence of thought, but also offers a unified discussion of Chaucer's work.

Book details

Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Chaucer
• Author: Saunders
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 368
• EAN: 9780631217114
• ISBN: 0631217118
• ID: 04898868
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Weight: 656 g
• Dimensions: 237 × 161 × 33 mm
• Date of publishing: 19. October 2001

Trending among others

---

---

---