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Chaucer'S Clerk'S Tale - The Griselda Story Received, Rewritten, Illustrated

by Judith Bronfman

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 Originally published in 1994. This surveys the origin and development of one of Chaucer’s most problematic characters, Griselda, who through the centuries has challenged the horizon of expectations of many an audience. Starting with Boccaccio’s Decameron and suggesting in turn its precursors in whole or in part, Bronfman goes on to summarize the reigning opinions of Chaucer’s heroine and her situation.The advance of feminist perspectives on medieval literature had the result that for many the Clerk’s Tale has political overtones where the Walter-Griselda marriage may serve as a metaphor for, among other things, the state or right order. This study looks at the story from a long view, from its sources to the flood of critical interpretations - the creative reception of Chaucer’s story, outlining the many rewritings of Griselda from Chaucer to the twentieth century. A special chapter considers the Griselda story as represented in illustrations as well.
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Chaucer'S Clerk'S Tale - The Griselda Story Received, Rewritten, Illustrated

by Judith Bronfman

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 Originally published in 1994. This surveys the origin and development of one of Chaucer’s most problematic characters, Griselda, who through the centuries has challenged the horizon of expectations of many an audience. Starting with Boccaccio’s Decameron and suggesting in turn its precursors in whole or in part, Bronfman goes on to summarize the reigning opinions of Chaucer’s heroine and her situation.The advance of feminist perspectives on medieval literature had the result that for many the Clerk’s Tale has political overtones where the Walter-Griselda marriage may serve as a metaphor for, among other things, the state or right order. This study looks at the story from a long view, from its sources to the flood of critical interpretations - the creative reception of Chaucer’s story, outlining the many rewritings of Griselda from Chaucer to the twentieth century. A special chapter considers the Griselda story as represented in illustrations as well.
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"Many A Song And Many A Leccherous Lay" - Tradition And Individuality In Chaucer'S Lyric Poetry

by Jay (University Of Central Arkansas, Usa) Ruud

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 Originally published in 1992. Although apparently much appreciated in his own time, Chaucerâ€™s lyrics have been the most neglected of his poetic productions. The chapters here offer an excellent introduction to each poem, the important literary issues surrounding it, and Ruudâ€™s own clear style and balanced judgment.
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Chaucer And Middle English Studies - In Honour Of Rossell Hope Robbins

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 Originally published in 1974. The essays of this book were written and assembled in hour of an internationally recognised scholar of medieval literature. Written by a diverse range of contributors, the chapters cover not only various studies of aspects of Chaucerâ€™s poetry, but also other literature and history of the period.
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Geoffrey Chaucer

by John Norton-Smith

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 Originally published in 1974. This book discusses those aspects of Chaucerâ€™s art which are concerned with the problem of specific form. These aspects have been concentrated on by the author for Chaucerâ€™s major poems and some of his so-called minor poems.
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Chaucer

by John Lawlor

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 Originally published in 1968. A critical interpretation of Chaucer's narrative poetry which concentrates on three major groupings - the early love-visions, the â€˜tragedyeâ€™ of Troilus and Criseyde, and the Canterbury Tales. The quotations are liberal and throughout help is given to the reader unfamiliar with Middle English.
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Chaucer Source And Analogue Criticism - A Cross-Referenced Guide

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 Originally published in 1985. This impressive research tool offers four different indexes to cross-reference works on the sources of Chaucer. The user can look up sources by author, genre type or title, or look up the title of one of Chaucerâ€™s works to find which bibliographic entries they are mentioned within.
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Chaucer And The Making Of English Poetry, Volume 2 - The Art Of Narrative

by P. M. Kean

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 Originally published in 1972. This important work of Chaucerian scholarship deals with two aspects of the poet and his work - his individual achievement and his place in history. This second volume includes an examination of the puzzling question of narrative structure in the Canterbury Tales and of the nature of Chaucerian comedy.
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Chaucer And The Making Of English Poetry, Volume 1 - Love Vision And Debate

by P. M. Kean

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 Originally published in 1972. This important work of Chaucerian scholarship deals with two aspects of the poet and his work: his individual achievement and his place in history, and demonstrates that Chaucer is a maker of English poetry. Volume 1 considers the Parlement of Foules, House of Fame, and Troilus and Criseyde.
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Chaucer'S Humor - Critical Essays

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 Originally published in 1994. This collection presents essays that define the nature of Chaucerian humor, examine Chaucerâ€™s works from a variety of theoretical perspectives, and consider genres of humor. This is an excellent work of critical discourse that adds important understanding of Chaucer as well as the field of comedy in literature.
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Chaucer: An Introduction - Second Edition

by S.S. Hussey

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 Originally published in 1981, this second edition built on the success of the first which had established itself as a standard introduction to the poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer. It shows Chaucer not only in the context of his own age, but, more important, as a writer and a man who is still vivid to us so many years later.
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Chaucer'S Poetic Alchemy - A Study Of Value And Its Transformation In The Canterbury Tales

by Sheila (Trinity College, Hartford Ct, Usa) Fisher

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 Originally published in 1988. The economic changes and the growth of commerce in fourteenth century England precipitated both social changes and a preoccupation with material wealth. This book examines Chaucer's treatment of economic and ethical value in The Canterbury Tales within the context of contemporary economics and society.
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Patterns Of Religious Narrative In The Canterbury Tales

by Roger Ellis

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 Originally published in 1986. This study asks â€˜What problems confront the narrator of a religious story?â€™ and â€˜What solutions to those problems are offered by the religious narratives of the Canterbury Tales?â€™ It explores the relationship between commitment to the authority of a story and narrator's need to assert himself over it.
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The Comic Tales Of Chaucer

by T. W. Craik

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 Originally published in 1964. This book deals wholly with Chaucerâ€™s comic tales. The individual tales are not discussed in isolation but always with reference to the others and to Chaucerâ€™s poetry as a whole. By this comparison and analysis, this book illuminates the features of Chaucerâ€™s many-sided art.
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Chaucer'S Clerk'S Tale - The Griselda Story Received, Rewritten, Illustrated

by Judith Bronfman

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 Originally published in 1994. This surveys the origin and development of one of Chaucerâ€™s most problematic characters, Griselda. This study looks at the story from a long view, from its sources to its creative reception, outlining the many rewritings and reimaginings of Griselda from Chaucer to the twentieth century.
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Chaucer And The Bible - A Critical Review Of Research, Indexes, And Bibliography

by Lawrence Besserman

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 Originally published in 1988. This book contains a detailed chapter on research and then presents two indexes. The first is organised by title of Chaucerâ€™s work and line number detailing the biblical reference. Each entry notes relevant works listed in the Bibliography. The second index is reversed - organised by scriptural reference.
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Chaucer'S Troilus And Criseyde

by C. David Benson

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 Originally published in 1990. This study is of one of the worldâ€™s great narrative poems and one of the few long poems in English about physical love. The book explores the diversity and contradictions produced by the poem without attempting to resolve them.
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Routledge Library Editions: Chaucer

by Various

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 Reissuing works originally published between 1964 and 1994, this superb set of books is an array of scholarship on one of the most important authors of the medieval period. Some of these titles are introductory books on Chaucer and his works but others are specifically focused on his humour, or the sources he drew from, or his importance to the development of English poetry, and between them they address all of his works, not only the Canterbury Tales. A good coverage of critical study in the area of medieval poetry that contains interesting fodder for any literature student or academic.
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Comic Tales Of Chaucer

by T. W. Craik

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 Originally published in 1964. This book deals wholly with Chaucer’s comic tales. The individual tales are not discussed in isolation but always with reference to the others and to Chaucer’s poetry as a whole. By this comparison and analysis, this book illuminates the features of Chaucer’s many-sided art.
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Comic Tales Of Chaucer

by T. W. Craik

46,36€ + 10% CARD

 Originally published in 1964. This book deals wholly with Chaucer’s comic tales. The individual tales are not discussed in isolation but always with reference to the others and to Chaucer’s poetry as a whole. By this comparison and analysis, this book illuminates the features of Chaucer’s many-sided art.
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Chaucer'S Poetic Alchemy - A Study Of Value And Its Transformation In The Canterbury Tales

by Sheila Fisher

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 Originally published in 1988. The economic changes and the growth of commerce in fourteenth century England precipitated both social changes and a preoccupation with material wealth. This book examines Chaucer''s treatment of economic and ethical value in The Canterbury Tales within the context of contemporary economic and social change and in relation to the scholastic economic theory that attempted to formulate ethical standards for commercial conduct. The importance of value and its determination and transformation is evident from the two enterprises that Chaucer defines as the motivating principles for his poem. The pilgrimage to St. Thomas''s shrine should effect a transformation of their spiritual value. The story-telling competition that produces the tales themselves is established to judge the value of the pilgrims'' literary productions. In the Middle Ages, economic value and ethical value were not perceived as unrelated phenomena. Chaucer''s concern with the interrelationship of material and moral value is apparent in the number of pilgrims who are interested in material value at the obvious expense of moral value. This book examines this along with a discussion or money''s growing importance in the late Middle Ages and the determination of its value.
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Chaucer'S Poetic Alchemy - A Study Of Value And Its Transformation In The Canterbury Tales

by Sheila Fisher

46,36€ + 10% CARD

 Originally published in 1988. The economic changes and the growth of commerce in fourteenth century England precipitated both social changes and a preoccupation with material wealth. This book examines Chaucer''s treatment of economic and ethical value in The Canterbury Tales within the context of contemporary economic and social change and in relation to the scholastic economic theory that attempted to formulate ethical standards for commercial conduct. The importance of value and its determination and transformation is evident from the two enterprises that Chaucer defines as the motivating principles for his poem. The pilgrimage to St. Thomas''s shrine should effect a transformation of their spiritual value. The story-telling competition that produces the tales themselves is established to judge the value of the pilgrims'' literary productions. In the Middle Ages, economic value and ethical value were not perceived as unrelated phenomena. Chaucer''s concern with the interrelationship of material and moral value is apparent in the number of pilgrims who are interested in material value at the obvious expense of moral value. This book examines this along with a discussion or money''s growing importance in the late Middle Ages and the determination of its value.
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Chaucer And The Making Of English Poetry, Volume 2 - The Art Of Narrative

by P. M. Kean

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 Originally published in 1972. This important work of Chaucerian scholarship deals with two aspects of the poet and his work - his individual achievement and his place in history - and demonstrates that in both these senses Chaucer is a maker of English poetry. The author explores Chaucer’s narrative art. The book includes an examination of the puzzling question of narrative structure in the Canterbury Tales and of the nature of Chaucerian comedy in these works. The author surveys the major themes of the poems: Fortune and free will, marriage, and the nobleness of man. In the final chapter she treats of the meaning of Chaucer’s art for his successors. Throughout the work, Miss Kean deals extensively with the sources which Chaucer used for the writing of his poems, in a way which directs light on the more difficult aspects of his art.
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Chaucer And The Making Of English Poetry, Volume 1 - Love Vision And Debate

by P. M. Kean

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 Originally published in 1972. This important work of Chaucerian scholarship deals with two aspects of the poet and his work - his individual achievement and his place in history - and demonstrates that in both these senses Chaucer is a maker of English poetry. The author assesses the extent of Chaucer’s debt to the English tradition. She considers the development of his ‘urbane’ manner as a new poetic technique and, with reference to such poems as the Parlement of Foules and the House of Fame, discusses new themes in the Love Vision. She concludes with a detailed study of Chaucer’s great debate on love Troilus and Criseyde.
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