A Concise Companion to Chaucer

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2005
Blackwell Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4051-1387-8 (ISBN)

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Provides an introduction to Chaucer's major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and to medieval thought more generally. This book opens with a general introductory section, discussing London life and politics, books and authority, manuscripts and readers. It helps students to read the contextual essays alongside each of Chaucer's major works.

This Concise Companion provides a succinct introduction to Chaucer's major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and to medieval thought more generally. The book opens with a general introductory section, discussing London life and politics, books and authority, manuscripts and readers. Subsequent sections focus on the dream visions, "Troilus and Criseyde" and the "Canterbury Tales" respectively, and illuminate key religious, political and intellectual contexts. These sections treating Chaucer's major works also cover significant general topics, including medieval literary genres; dream theory; the Church; love, marriage and the family; gender and sexuality; Chaucer's literary inheritance and influence; and reading Chaucer aloud. Contributors combine contemporary historical and cultural scholarship with recent critical emphases. "A Concise Companion to Chaucer" is designed so that students can read the appropriate contextual essays alongside each of Chaucer's major works. Although the focus is on context, the essays also engage directly with Chaucer's texts.

Corinne Saunders is Reader in Medieval Literature at the University of Durham. Her previous publications include The Forest of Medieval Romance (1993), Rape and Ravishment in the Literature of Medieval England (2001), Chaucer (2001) in the Blackwell Guides to Criticism series, and A Companion to Romance: From Classical to Contemporary (Blackwell Publishing, 2004).

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsNote on Chaucer edition quotedIntroduction: Corinne Saunders (University of Durham) Part I: Chaucer in Context1 Politics and London life: Marion Turner (King's College London)2 Manuscripts and audience: Julia Boffey (Queen Mary, University of London) and A. S. G. Edwards (University of Victoria, Canada)3 Books and authority: Robert F. Yeager (University of WestFlorida) Part II: Dream visions4 Dreaming: Steven F. Kruger (City University of New York)5 Courtly writing: Barry Windeatt (Emmanuel College, Cambridge) Part III: Troilus and Criseyde6 Love in Wartime: Troilus and Criseyde as Trojan History: Andrew Lynch (University of Western Australia)7 Love and the Making of the Self: Troilus and Criseyde: Corinne Saunders (University of Durham)8 Tragedy and Romance in Chaucer's 'Litel Bok' of Troilus and Criseyde: Norman Klassen (Trinity Western University, BC) Part IV: The Canterbury Tales9 Genre in and of the Canterbury Tales: Judith Ferster (North Carolina State University)10 Morality and Immorality: Richard Firth Green (Ohio State University)11 Marriage, Sexuality and the Family: Neil Cartlidge (University College Dublin)12 Christianity and the Church: John C. Hirsh (Georgetown University) Part V13 Reading Chaucer Aloud: David Fuller (University of Durham) Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.12.2005
Reihe/Serie	Concise Companions to Literature and Culture
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4051-1387-1 / 1405113871
ISBN-13	978-1-4051-1387-8 / 9781405113878
Zustand	Neuware