02763nam 2200601 a 450 991095543990332120251116153444.001915259369780191525933(MiAaPQ)EBC7033323(CKB)24235112200041(MiAaPQ)EBC415153(Au-PeEL)EBL415153(CaPaEBR)ebr10194224(CaONFJC)MIL114908(OCoLC)476240465(Au-PeEL)EBL7033323(OCoLC)1336402145(EXLCZ)992423511220004120061129d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierChaucerian conflict languages of antagonism in late fourteenth-century London /Marion Turner1st ed.Oxford Clarendon Press ;New York Oxford University Press2007viii, 213 pOxford English monographsIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-208) and index.Introduction : Chaucerian conflict -- Discursive turbulence : slander, the House of fame, and the Mercers' petition -- Urban treason : Troilus and Criseyde and the 'treasonous aldermen' of 1382 -- Idealism and antagonism : Troynovaunt in the late fourteenth century -- Ricardian communities : Thomas Usk's social fantasies -- Conflicted Compaignyes : the Canterbury fellowship and urban associational form --Conflict resolved? : the language of peace and Chaucer's 'Tale of Melibee'.This book offers a completely new reading of Chaucer. While most critics have seen his work as essentially socially optimistic and congenial, Marion Turner argues that Chaucer was profoundly concerned with conflict and social antagonism. Chaucer's texts are examined alongside a wide variety of poetry and historical documents from the period.Oxford English monographs.Literature and societyEnglandHistoryTo 1500English literatureMiddle English, 1100-1500Criticism, TextualSocial historyMedieval, 500-1500Social conflict in literatureSocial structure in literatureEnglandCivilization1066-1485Literature and societyHistoryEnglish literatureCriticism, Textual.Social historySocial conflict in literature.Social structure in literature.821/.1Turner Marion1702237MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910955439903321Chaucerian conflict4463701UNINA