Chaucer
Originally published in 1968. A critical interpretation of Chaucer's narrative poetry which concentrates on three major groupings - the early love-visions, the ‘tragedye’ of Troilus and Criseyde, and the Canterbury Tales. Emphasis is laid on Chaucer as an oral narrator and on the varying skills which this role encourages and sustains. The quotations are liberal and throughout help is given to the reader unfamiliar with Middle English.

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Chaucer
Originally published in 1968. A critical interpretation of Chaucer's narrative poetry which concentrates on three major groupings - the early love-visions, the ‘tragedye’ of Troilus and Criseyde, and the Canterbury Tales. Emphasis is laid on Chaucer as an oral narrator and on the varying skills which this role encourages and sustains. The quotations are liberal and throughout help is given to the reader unfamiliar with Middle English.

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Chaucer

Chaucer

by John Lawlor
Chaucer

Chaucer

by John Lawlor

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Originally published in 1968. A critical interpretation of Chaucer's narrative poetry which concentrates on three major groupings - the early love-visions, the ‘tragedye’ of Troilus and Criseyde, and the Canterbury Tales. Emphasis is laid on Chaucer as an oral narrator and on the varying skills which this role encourages and sustains. The quotations are liberal and throughout help is given to the reader unfamiliar with Middle English.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780367357535
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 02/01/2021
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Chaucer
Pages: 184
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Lawlor

Table of Contents

Foreword. Introduction 1. Adventures of a Dreamer: The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Parliament of Fowls 2. The Writer as Dependant: Troilus and Criseyde (I) 3. Tragedye and Tragedy: Troilus and Criseyde (II) 4. A Return to Authority: The Legend of Good Women 5. Tales and Tellers: The Canterbury Tales (I) 6. Auctoritee and Pref: The Canterbury Tales (II)

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