LEADER 02763nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910955439903321 005 20251116153444.0 010 0 $a0191525936 010 0 $a9780191525933 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7033323 035 $a(CKB)24235112200041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415153 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415153 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194224 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL114908 035 $a(OCoLC)476240465 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7033323 035 $a(OCoLC)1336402145 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235112200041 100 $a20061129d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChaucerian conflict $elanguages of antagonism in late fourteenth-century London /$fMarion Turner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford $cClarendon Press ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $aviii, 213 p 225 1 $aOxford English monographs 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-208) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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'. 330 $aThis book offers a completely new reading of Chaucer. While most critics have seen his work as essentially socially optimistic and congenial, Marion Turner argues that Chaucer was profoundly concerned with conflict and social antagonism. Chaucer's texts are examined alongside a wide variety of poetry and historical documents from the period. 410 0$aOxford English monographs. 606 $aLiterature and society$zEngland$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aEnglish literature$yMiddle English, 1100-1500$xCriticism, Textual 606 $aSocial history$yMedieval, 500-1500 606 $aSocial conflict in literature 606 $aSocial structure in literature 607 $aEngland$xCivilization$y1066-1485 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish literature$xCriticism, Textual. 615 0$aSocial history 615 0$aSocial conflict in literature. 615 0$aSocial structure in literature. 676 $a821/.1 700 $aTurner$b Marion$01702237 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910955439903321 996 $aChaucerian conflict$94463701 997 $aUNINA