Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1387-8
Verlag: Wiley
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.This Concise Companion provides a succinct introduction to Chaucer’s major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and to medieval thought more generally.The book opens with a general introductory section, discussing London life and politics, books and authority, manuscripts and readers. Subsequent sections focus on the dream visions, Troilus and Criseyde and the Canterbury Tales respectively, and illuminate key religious, political and intellectual contexts. These sections treating Chaucer’s major works also cover significant general topics, including medieval literary genres; dream theory; the Church; love, marriage and the family; gender and sexuality; Chaucer’s literary inheritance and influence; and reading Chaucer aloud. Contributors combine contemporary historical and cultural scholarship with recent critical emphases.A Concise Companion to Chaucer is designed so that students can read the appropriate contextual essays alongside each of Chaucer’s major works. Although the focus is on context, the essays also engage directly with Chaucer’s texts.
Zielgruppe
students of Chaucer or Middle English, general readers
