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Record Nr.

UNISA996218611603316

Titolo

A companion to Chaucer [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, 2000

ISBN

1-78268-578-2

1-281-30949-4

9786611309497

0-470-69346-0

0-470-69274-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (538 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to literature and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownPeter <1948->

Disciplina

821.1

821/.1

Soggetti

Civilization, Medieval, in literature

Literature and society - England - History - To 1500

England Civilization 1066-1485

England Intellectual life 1066-1485

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

A COMPANION TO CHAUCER; Contents; List of Illustrations; The Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations of Chaucer 's Works; The Idea of a Chaucer Companion; 1 Afterlife; 2 Authority; 3 Bodies; 4 Chivalry; 5 Christian Ideologies; 6 Comedy; 7 Contemporary English Writers; 8 Crisis and Dissent; 9 France; 10 Games; 11 Genre; 12 Geography and Travel; 13 Italy; 14 Language; 15 Life Histories; 16 London; 17 Love; 18 Modes of Representation; 19 Narrative; 20 Other Thought-worlds; 21 Pagan Survivals; 22 Personal Identity; 23 Science; 24 Social Structures; 25 Style; 26 Texts; 27 Translation

28 Visualizing29 Women; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Designed as both a contribution to original research and as a stimulating and accessible text, this volume is a helpful, reliable, responsive and adaptable resource for students of Chaucer at all levels.