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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457866203321

Titolo

Chaucer's England [[electronic resource] ] : literature in historical context / / Barbara A. Hanawalt, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1992

ISBN

0-8166-8412-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

Medieval studies at Minnesota ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

HanawaltBarbara

Disciplina

820.9/001

Soggetti

Civilization, Medieval - 14th century

Civilization, Medieval, in literature

English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism

Literature and society - England

Electronic books.

England Civilization 1066-1485

Great Britain History 14th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Political Context; 1. The Court of Richard II and the Promotion of Literature; 2. Saving the Appearances: Chaucer's Purse and the Fabrication of the Lancastrian Claim; 3. Chaucer and Gentility; Part II. London as a Literary Setting; 4. Chaucer and the Absent City; 5. William Langland: A London Poet; 6. Need Men and Women Labor? Langland's Wanderer and the Labor Ordinances; Part III. Literature of the Countryside; 7. Medieval Hunting: Fact and Fancy; 8. Ballads and Bandits: Fourteenth-Century Outlaws and the Robin Hood Poems

9. John Ball's Letters: Literary History and Historical Literature10. The Writing Lesson of 1381; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Represents the first time that disciples of history and English literature have joined forces to present new interpretations of late fourteenth-century English society.