An Introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer.

By: Pugh, TisonMaterial type: TextTextSeries: New Perspectives on Medieval Literature: Authors and Traditions SerPublisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (273 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780813048352Subject(s): Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- -1400 -- Criticism and interpretation | Literature, Medieval -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: An Introduction to Geoffrey ChaucerDDC classification: 821.1 LOC classification: PR1924 -- .P84 2013ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- An Introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface: Chaucer and Genre Theory -- Chronology of Chaucer's Life and Literary Connections -- 1. Chaucer's Life and Times -- 2. Chaucer's Literature -- Dream Visions: Book of the Duchess, House of Fame, Parliament of Fowls, and Legend of Good Women -- Troilus and Criseyde -- Canterbury Tales -- Miscellaneous Verse and a Treatise -- 3. Chaucer's Sources and Influences -- Glossary of Literary Terms and Chaucerian Themes -- Pronouncing Chaucer's Middle English -- Word List of Chaucer's Middle English -- Plot Outlines of Troilus and Criseyde and the Canterbury Tales by Line Number -- Notes -- Selected Readings -- Index.
Summary: Geoffrey Chaucer is widely considered the father of English literature. This introduction begins with a review of his life and the cultural milieu of fourteenth-century England and then expands into analyses of such major works as The Parliament of Fowls, Troilus and Criseyde, and, of course, the Canterbury Tales, examining them alongside a selection of lesser known verses.
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Cover -- An Introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface: Chaucer and Genre Theory -- Chronology of Chaucer's Life and Literary Connections -- 1. Chaucer's Life and Times -- 2. Chaucer's Literature -- Dream Visions: Book of the Duchess, House of Fame, Parliament of Fowls, and Legend of Good Women -- Troilus and Criseyde -- Canterbury Tales -- Miscellaneous Verse and a Treatise -- 3. Chaucer's Sources and Influences -- Glossary of Literary Terms and Chaucerian Themes -- Pronouncing Chaucer's Middle English -- Word List of Chaucer's Middle English -- Plot Outlines of Troilus and Criseyde and the Canterbury Tales by Line Number -- Notes -- Selected Readings -- Index.

Geoffrey Chaucer is widely considered the father of English literature. This introduction begins with a review of his life and the cultural milieu of fourteenth-century England and then expands into analyses of such major works as The Parliament of Fowls, Troilus and Criseyde, and, of course, the Canterbury Tales, examining them alongside a selection of lesser known verses.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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