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Autore |
Knapp Peggy Ann. |
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Chaucer and the social contest / / Peggy Knapp |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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1-136-81095-1 |
1-283-59170-7 |
9786613904157 |
1-136-81096-X |
0-203-82881-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (173 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature |
Social history - Medieval, 500-1500 |
Literature and society - England |
Social problems in literature |
England Social conditions 1066-1485 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in 1990 by Routledge. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chaucer and the Social Contest; Copyright; Chaucer and the Social Contest; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Thawing Frozen Words; Part I: The Estates; 2 Chivalry and Its Discontents; 3 Robyn the Miller's Thrifty Work; 4 The Work of the Religious; Part II: The Wycliffite Controversy; 5 Coming to Terms with Wyclif; 6 Three ""Noble Prechours"": Pardoner, Nun's Priest, and Parson; Part III: Women; 7 ""Mannes Governance"" and ""Wommannes Conseil""; 8 Alisoun Looms; 9 Griselda and the Patient Clerk; Conclusion; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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First published in 1990, Chaucer and the Social Contest takes a fresh view of The Canterbury Tales, by placing the storytelling contest among the Canterbury pilgrims within the larger social contests in the changing England of the late fourteenth century. The author focuses on three crucial fields of contention: the division of social duties into the three estates, the controversies around Wycliffite thought and practice, |
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