Chaucer's England [[electronic resource] ] : literature in historical context / / Barbara A. Hanawalt, editor

• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1992
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9/001
• Soggetto topico: Civilization, Medieval - 14th century; Civilization, Medieval, in literature; English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism; Literature and society - England
• Soggetto geografico: England Civilization 1066-1485; Great Britain History 14th century
• Altri autori: HanawaltBarbara
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Political Context; 1. The Court of Richard II and the Promotion of Literature; 2. Saving the Appearances: Chaucer's Purse and the Fabrication of the Lancastrian Claim; 3. Chaucer and Gentility; Part II. London as a Literary Setting; 4. Chaucer and the Absent City; 5. William Langland: A London Poet; 6. Need Men and Women Labor? Langland's Wanderer and the Labor Ordinances; Part III. Literature of the Countryside; 7. Medieval Hunting: Fact and Fancy; 8. Ballads and Bandits: Fourteenth-Century Outlaws and the Robin Hood Poems ; 9. John Ball's Letters: Literary History and Historical Literature10. The Writing Lesson of 1381; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: Represents the first time that disciples of history and English literature have joined forces to present new interpretations of late fourteenth-century English society.
• Titolo autorizzato: Chaucer's England
• ISBN: 0-8166-8412-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814207103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Medieval studies at Minnesota ; ; 4.