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Routledge Library Editions: Chaucer


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Reissuing works originally published between 1964 and 1994, this superb set of books is an array of scholarship on one of the most important authors of the medieval period. Some of these titles are introductory books on Chaucer and his works but others are specifically focused on his humour, or the sources he drew from, or his importance to the development of English poetry, and between them they address all of his works, not only the Canterbury Tales. A good coverage of critical study in the area of medieval poetry that contains interesting fodder for any literature student or academic.

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Routledge Library Editions: Chaucer

Routledge Library Editions: Chaucer

1st Edition

By Various
October 03, 2019

Reissuing works originally published between 1964 and 1994, this superb set of books is an array of scholarship on one of the most important authors of the medieval period. Some of these titles are introductory books on Chaucer and his works but others are specifically focused on his humour, or the...

"Many a Song and Many a Leccherous Lay": Tradition and Individuality in Chaucer's Lyric Poetry

1st Edition

By Jay Ruud
March 31, 2021

Originally published in 1992. Although they were apparently much appreciated in his own time, Chaucer’s lyrics have for most of the modern era been the most neglected of his poetic productions. This work offers a comprehensive overview of Chaucer’s lyric corpus. The author extends his scope to ...

Chaucer

Chaucer

1st Edition

By John Lawlor
March 31, 2021

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 ...

Chaucer Source and Analogue Criticism A Cross-Referenced Guide

Chaucer Source and Analogue Criticism: A Cross-Referenced Guide

1st Edition

By Lynn King Morris
March 31, 2021

Originally published in 1985. This impressive research tool offers four different indexes to cross-reference works on the sources of Chaucer. The user can look up sources by author, genre type or title, or look up the title of one of Chaucer’s works to find which bibliographic entries they are ...

Chaucer and Middle English Studies In Honour of Rossell Hope Robbins

Chaucer and Middle English Studies: In Honour of Rossell Hope Robbins

1st Edition

Edited By Beryl Rowland
March 31, 2021

Originally published in 1974. The thirty-six essays of this book were written and assembled in hour of an internationally recognised scholar of medieval literature. Written by a diverse range of contributors, the chapters cover not only various studies of aspects of Chaucer’s poetry, but also some ...

Chaucer and the Bible A Critical Review of Research, Indexes, and Bibliography

Chaucer and the Bible: A Critical Review of Research, Indexes, and Bibliography

1st Edition

By Lawrence Besserman
March 31, 2021

Originally published in 1988. This book offers a very useful source of information on Chaucer’s relationship to the Bible. It contains a detailed chapter on research into this connection and then presents two indexes. The first is organised by title of Chaucer’s work and then line number detailing ...

Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 1 Love Vision and Debate

Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 1: Love Vision and Debate

1st Edition

By P. M. Kean
March 31, 2021

Originally published in 1972. This important work of Chaucerian scholarship deals with two aspects of the poet and his work - his individual achievement and his place in history - and demonstrates that in both these senses Chaucer is a maker of English poetry. The author assesses the extent of ...

Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 2 The Art of Narrative

Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 2: The Art of Narrative

1st Edition

By P. M. Kean
March 31, 2021

Originally published in 1972. This important work of Chaucerian scholarship deals with two aspects of the poet and his work - his individual achievement and his place in history - and demonstrates that in both these senses Chaucer is a maker of English poetry. The author explores Chaucer’s ...

Chaucer's Clerk's Tale The Griselda Story Received, Rewritten, Illustrated

Chaucer's Clerk's Tale: The Griselda Story Received, Rewritten, Illustrated

1st Edition

By Judith Bronfman
March 31, 2021

Originally published in 1994. This surveys the origin and development of one of Chaucer’s most problematic characters, Griselda, who through the centuries has challenged the horizon of expectations of many an audience. Starting with Boccaccio’s Decameron and suggesting in turn its precursors in ...

Chaucer's Humor Critical Essays

Chaucer's Humor: Critical Essays

1st Edition

Edited By Jean E. Jost
March 31, 2021

Originally published in 1994. Chaucer is considered the first major humorist in English literature and is particularly interesting as he reflects the humor of predecessors and contemporaries as well as defines development for subsequent British humor. This collection presents essays that define the...

Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy A Study of Value and its Transformation in The Canterbury Tales

Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy: A Study of Value and its Transformation in The Canterbury Tales

1st Edition

By Sheila Fisher
March 31, 2021

Originally published in 1988. The economic changes and the growth of commerce in fourteenth century England precipitated both social changes and a preoccupation with material wealth. This book examines Chaucer's treatment of economic and ethical value in The Canterbury Tales within the context of ...

Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde

Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde

1st Edition

By C. David Benson
March 31, 2021

Originally published in 1990. This study is of one of the world’s great narrative poems and one of the few long poems in English about physical love. Although this work is often overshadowed by the Canterbury Tales, the author argues that it has its own profound multiplicity. Its mixture of genres,...

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