UID:
almafu_9959328692102883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9781405113878
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1405113871
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9781405113885
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140511388X
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1405154624
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9781405154628
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9781405164986
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1405164980
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9780470757628
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0470757620
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1782684352
,
9781782684350
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1281308366
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9781281308368
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9786611308360
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6611308369
Series Statement:
Blackwell concise companions to literature and culture
Uniform Title:
Blackwell reference online.
Content:
This concise companion provides a 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; g.
Note:
Politics and London life / Marion Turner -- Manuscripts and audience / Julia Boffey and Tony Edwards -- Books and authority / Robert F. Yeager -- Courtly writing / Barry Windeatt -- Dreaming / Steven Kruger -- Love in wartime: Troilus and Criseyde as Trojan history / Andrew Lynch -- Love and the making of the self: Troilus and Criseyde / Corinne Saunders -- Tragedy and romance in Chaucer's 'litel bok' of Troilus and Criseyde / Norman Klassen -- The genre of The Canterbury tales / Genre in the Canterbury Tales / Judith Ferster -- Richard Firth Green (to come) -- Sexuality, marriage and the family / Neil Cartlidge -- Christianity and the church / John Hirsh -- Reading Chaucer aloud -- David Fuller.
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English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Concise companion to Chaucer. Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Electronic books.
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Handbooks and manuals.
;
Electronic books.
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Handbooks and manuals.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470757628
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470757628
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470757628
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470757628
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