Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales - Winthrop Wetherbee

Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales

Buch | Softcover
138 Seiten
2003 | 2nd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-54010-0 (ISBN)
29,90 inkl. MwSt
This guide examines the stylistic range of The Canterbury Tales; emphasis is placed on the language of the poem, the place of Chaucer in subsequent literary tradition, and an entire chapter is devoted to the General Prologue which is widely studied on undergraduate courses.
This introductory guide places the Canterbury Tales in the context of the crisis in English society in the fourteenth century. It examines the social diversity of Chaucer's pilgrims, the stylistic range of their tales and the psychological richness of their interaction. The volume offers students a clear image of the powerful representation of the social reality that makes the Canterbury Tales one of the most important texts in English literature. Emphasis is placed on the language of the poem, the place of Chaucer in subsequent literary tradition, and an entire chapter is devoted to the General Prologue which is widely studied on undergraduate courses. Finally, the volume offers a helpful chronology of the period and an invaluable guide to further reading.

Chronology; 1. Introduction; 2. The general prologue; 3. Gentles: chivalry and the courtly world; 4. Churls: commerce and the material world; 5. Women; 6. The art and problems of tale-telling; 7. The final tales; 8. Afterword: the reception of The Canterbury Tales.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.11.2003
Reihe/Serie Landmarks of World Literature
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 140 g
Themenwelt Literatur Lyrik / Dramatik Lyrik / Gedichte
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Lektüren / Interpretationen Deutsch
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-521-54010-0 / 0521540100
ISBN-13 978-0-521-54010-0 / 9780521540100
Zustand Neuware
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