Chapters on Chaucer

by Kemp Malone

Overview

Originally published in 1951. Kemp Malone provides a guide to reading Chaucer's work that is intended for readers who are familiar with Chaucer's work but who are not Chaucerians. The first chapter places Chaucer in the historical and literary context of the fourteenth century. The other essays focus on Chaucer's poetry by providing historicized interpretations of Chaucer's work and methods for each poem.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421433851
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	12/01/2019
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Kemp Malone was a professor of English literature at Johns Hopkins University. He also served as president of the Modern Language Association. He specialized in medievalism, philology, and Chaucer.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Geoffrey Chaucer and the fourteenth Century
Chapter 2. The Book of the Duchess
Chapter 3. The House of Fame
Chapter 4. The Parliament of Fowls
Chapter 5. The Legend of Good Women
Chapter 6. Troilus and Criseyde
Chapter 7. Troilus and Criseyde (Continued)
Chapter 8. The General Prolog of the 'Canterbury Tales"
Chapter 9. The Canterbury Pilgrims
Chapter 10. The Canterbury Pilgrims (Continued)
Chapter 11. The Canterbury Pilgrims (Continued)
Index of Proper Names and Pilgrims