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Manchester Medieval Studies MUP Ser.: Chaucer in Context : Society, Allegory and
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Literary Movement
- Medieval
- ISBN
- 9780719042362
- Book Title
- Chaucer in Context : Society, Allegory and Gender
- Book Series
- Manchester Medieval Studies
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Medieval, General, Literary, Europe / Great Britain / General, Subjects & Themes / General, Europe / Medieval, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Item Weight
- 10.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Manchester University Press
ISBN-10
0719042364
ISBN-13
9780719042362
eBay Product ID (ePID)
528494
Product Key Features
Book Title
Chaucer in Context : Society, Allegory and Gender
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
Medieval, General, Literary, Europe / Great Britain / General, Subjects & Themes / General, Europe / Medieval, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Genre
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
Manchester Medieval Studies
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
10.1 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-020883
Series Volume Number
2
Table Of Content
Preface**1. Chaucer: real-life observation versus literary convention.**2. Monologic versus Dialogic Chaucer.**3. Allegorical versus humanist Chaucer**4. Misogynist versus feminist Chaucer**5. Conclusion - Chaucer: validity in interpretation.
Synopsis
This book surveys and assesses these competing critical approaches to Chaucer's work, emphasising the need to see Chaucer in historical context; the context of the social and political concerns of his own day., Amongst the most written about works of English literature, Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" still defy categorization, claims the author. Was Chaucer a poet of profound religious piety or a sceptic who questioned all religious and moral certainties? Do his pilgrims reflect the society of the day, or were they a product of an already well-established literary tradition and convention? Surveying and assessing competing critical approaches to Chaucer's work, this text emphasizes a need to see Chaucer in historical context; the context of the social and political concerns of his own day., Everyone knows of the Canterbury Tales, acknowledged as one of the leading texts of the English Canon. Consensus about them ends there. Amongst the most written about works of English literature, they still defy categorisation. Was Chaucer a poet of profound religious piety or a sceptic who questioned all religious and moral certainties? Do his pilgrims reflect the actual society of his day, or were they a product of an already well-established literary tradition and convention? Was he a defender of women or a misogynist, who reproduced the antifeminism characteristic of his time? Did his writings present a challenge to the dominant social outlook of late Medieval England or reinforce the status quo? This stimulating new book surveys and assesses these competing critical approaches to Chaucer's work, emphasising the need to see Chaucer in historical context; the context of the social and political concerns of his own day. Writing as a historian, Rigby brings refreshing new insights to this contested old chestnut and Chaucer, and his Tales, are revealed to us as Chaucer's contemporaries would have seen them., Amongst the most written about works of English literature, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales still defy categorization, claims the author of this book. Was Chaucer a poet of profound religious piety or a sceptic who questioned all religious and moral certainties? Do his pilgrims reflect the society of the day, or were they a product of an already well-established literary tradition and convention? Surveying and assessing competing critical approaches to Chaucer's work, this text emphasizes a need to see Chaucer in historical context; the context of the social and political concerns of his own day.
LC Classification Number
PR1933.S59R54 1996
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