The Genius of Chaucer
Author: Robert Samuel Wright
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Published: 1861
Total Pages: 44
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Author: Robert Samuel Wright
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Published: 1861
Total Pages: 44
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Published: 1861
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Suzanne Conklin Akbari
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 689
ISBN-13: 0199582653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis handbook addresses Chaucer's poetry in the context of several disciplines, including late medieval philosophy and science, Mediterranean culture, comparative European literature, vernacular theology and popular devotion.
Author: Terry Jones
Publisher: Politicos Publishing
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780413777355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGeoffrey Chaucer was a spy, a diplomat, and England's finest poet, and yet nothing is known of his death; after 1400, his name simply disappears from the record. Was he the victim of a political murder? In this book, Terry Jones reassesses Chaucer's work and the turbulent times in which he lived.
Author: Marion Turner
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2020-09-22
Total Pages: 626
ISBN-13: 0691210152
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"More than any other canonical English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer lived and worked at the centre of political life--yet his poems are anything but conventional. Edgy, complicated, and often dark, they reflect a conflicted world, and their astonishing diversity and innovative language earned Chaucer renown as the father of English literature. Marion Turner, however, reveals him as a great European writer and thinker. To understand his accomplishment, she reconstructs in unprecedented detail the cosmopolitan world of Chaucer's adventurous life, focusing on the places and spaces that fired his imagination. Uncovering important new information about Chaucer's travels, private life, and the early circulation of his writings, this innovative biography documents a series of vivid episodes, moving from the commercial wharves of London to the frescoed chapels of Florence and the kingdom of Navarre, where Christians, Muslims, and Jews lived side by side. The narrative recounts Chaucer's experiences as a prisoner of war in France, as a father visiting his daughter's nunnery, as a member of a chaotic Parliament, and as a diplomat in Milan, where he encountered the writings of Dante and Boccaccio. At the same time, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of Chaucer's writings, taking the reader to the Troy of Troilus and Criseyde, the gardens of the dream visions, and the peripheries and thresholds of The Canterbury Tales. By exploring the places Chaucer visited, the buildings he inhabited, the books he read, and the art and objects he saw, this landmark biography tells the extraordinary story of how a wine merchant's son became the poet of The Canterbury Tales." -- Publisher's description.
Author: Paul Strohm
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780674811997
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text analyzes the effect of Chaucer's poetry on his contemporary readers, examining how he and his audience understood their society and how this is reflected in the works. This book provides a fuller understanding of Chaucer's world and the social implications of literary styles and form.
Author: Paul Strohm
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2015-10-27
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0143127837
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A lively microbiography of Geoffrey Chaucer, the "father of English literature", focusing on the surprising and fascinating story of the tumultuous year that led to the creation of the Canterbury Tales"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Seth Lerer
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9780300109290
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of essays on Chaucer's poetry, this guide provides up-to-date information on the history and textual contexts of Chaucer's work, on the ranges of critical interpretation, and on the poet's place in English and European literary history.
Author: Robert Myles
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780859914093
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMyles challenges the convention of the `medieval mind' and perceives new semantic sophistication in Chaucer's language.
Author: Christopher Cannon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780521592741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA substantial reappraisal of the place of Chaucer's English in the history of English language and literature.