Historians on Chaucer brings together 25 experts in the history of fourteenth-century England to discuss one of the most famous works of Middle English literature-Geoffrey Chaucer's 'General Prologue' to the Canterbury Tales-in relation to the economic change, social issues, and religious controversies of the period.
Historians on Chaucer brings together 25 experts in the history of fourteenth-century England to discuss one of the most famous works of Middle English literature-Geoffrey Chaucer's 'General Prologue' to the Canterbury Tales-in relation to the economic change, social issues, and religious controversies of the period.
Stephen Rigby was educated at Sheffield and London universities. He has published widely on social theory, medieval English social and economic history, Middle English literature, and medieval political theory. Alastair Minnis is currently the Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of English at Yale University. Formerly he taught at the Queen's University of Belfast, Bristol University, and the University of York. His research methodology brings together reading strategies from literary criticism and the history of ideas, and an interest in medieval philosophy and theology has informed much of his work. He is a Fellow of the English Association and of the Medieval Academy of America.
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Preface Reading Chaucer: Literature, History, and Ideology Chaucer the Poet and Chaucer the Pilgrim The Knight The Squire The Yeoman The Prioress and the Second Nun The Nun's Priest The Monk The Friar The Merchant The Clerk The Sergeant of Law The Franklin The Five Guildsmen The Cook The Shipman The Doctor of Physic The Wife of Bath The Parson The Ploughman The Miller The Manciple The Reeve The Summoner The Pardoner The Host Conclusion: Historicism and its Limits Index
Preface Reading Chaucer: Literature, History, and Ideology Chaucer the Poet and Chaucer the Pilgrim The Knight The Squire The Yeoman The Prioress and the Second Nun The Nun's Priest The Monk The Friar The Merchant The Clerk The Sergeant of Law The Franklin The Five Guildsmen The Cook The Shipman The Doctor of Physic The Wife of Bath The Parson The Ploughman The Miller The Manciple The Reeve The Summoner The Pardoner The Host Conclusion: Historicism and its Limits Index
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