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A Companion to Chaucer (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

Designed as both a contribution to original research and as a stimulating and accessible text, this volume is a helpful, reliable, responsive and adaptable resource for students of Chaucer at all levels.

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 2.82MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Peter Brown is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Kent and Chair of its School of English. His publications include Reading Dreams: The Interpretation of Dreams from Chaucer to Shakespeare (editor and contributor), Chaucer at Work: The Making of the Canterbury Tales, and, with Andrew Butcher, The Age of Saturn: Literature and History in the Canterbury Tales.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470692745
• Artikelnr.: 38187949

Rezensionen

'This collection of accessible, informative essays providesstudents and teachers with a balance of textual analysis andcultural contexts designed to enhance the understanding ofChaucer's major and minor works . . . Both serious first-timereaders of Chaucer and veterans looking for credible information onmore recent avenues of inquiry will find this a valuable source ofinformation and bibliography.' Choice

"This work, the latest entry in Blackwell's "Companionsto Literature and Culture" series. . . provides an inclusive andscholarly orientation to current theories and interpretation ofChaucer's works." "Each essay. . . places Chaucer's texts intocultural context by examining the medieval point of view, andincludes notes, references,

and suggestions for further readings.""The text. . . will serve well as a one-volume introduction for newstudents. It also provides access to original research and newideas sought by graduate students and faculty." LibraryJournal

"Overall, this is useful book. providing an up-to-date survey ofthe state of Chaucer scholarship on a wide range of issues...itwill provoke interesting and educational debates in and out of theclassroom." Reference Reviews

"[This book] is both highly readable and rich in its diversity,a book which any Chaucerian, novice or seasoned, will often pick upsimply for the pleasure of browsing[...] Every student of Chaucer,from undergraduate to emiritus professor, will want to have accessto it." English Studies: A Journal of English Language andLiterature