A Concise Companion to Chaucer
herausgegeben von Corinne SaundersThis concise companion provides a succinct introduction toChaucer's major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and tomedieval thought more generally.
* * Opens with a general introductory section discussing Londonlife and politics, books and authority, manuscripts andreaders.
* Subsequent sections focus on Chaucer's major works- the dream visions, Troilus and Criseyde and TheCanterbury Tales.
* Essays highlight the key religious, political and intellectualcontexts for each major work.
* Also covers important general topics, including: medievalliterary genres; dream theory; the Church; gender and sexuality; and reading Chaucer aloud.
* Designed so that each contextual essay can be read alongsideone of Chaucer's major works.
* * Opens with a general introductory section discussing Londonlife and politics, books and authority, manuscripts andreaders.
* Subsequent sections focus on Chaucer's major works- the dream visions, Troilus and Criseyde and TheCanterbury Tales.
* Essays highlight the key religious, political and intellectualcontexts for each major work.
* Also covers important general topics, including: medievalliterary genres; dream theory; the Church; gender and sexuality; and reading Chaucer aloud.
* Designed so that each contextual essay can be read alongsideone of Chaucer's major works.
