03187nam 2200721Ia 450 991081899550332120200520144314.01-136-81095-11-283-59170-797866139041571-136-81096-X0-203-82881-X10.4324/9780203828816 (CKB)2560000000093002(EBL)668290(OCoLC)811493386(SSID)ssj0000711093(PQKBManifestationID)11386534(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711093(PQKBWorkID)10693310(PQKB)10560555(MiAaPQ)EBC668290(Au-PeEL)EBL668290(CaPaEBR)ebr10598483(CaONFJC)MIL390415(OCoLC)810082471(EXLCZ)99256000000009300219890417d1990 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChaucer and the social contest /Peggy Knapp1st ed.New York Routledge19901 online resource (173 p.)Routledge RevivalsIncludes index.0-415-61863-0 0-415-61603-4 Bibliography: p.143-156.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; IndexFirst 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, and the roles of women. Drawing on recent literary theory, particularly Bakhtin and Foucault, Peggy Knapp offers both a reading of nearly all the tales and Routledge RevivalsChristian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literatureSocial historyMedieval, 500-1500Literature and societyEnglandSocial problems in literatureEnglandSocial conditions1066-1485Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.Social historyLiterature and societySocial problems in literature.821/.1Knapp Peggy Ann254416MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818995503321Chaucer and the social contest4099216UNINA