Chaucer: An Introduction: Second Edition Contributor(s): Hussey, S. S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367357313 ISBN-13: 9780367357313 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $138.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Criticism | Reference |
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Chaucer |
Physical Information: 258 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. As well as examining the early poems, Troilus and Criseyde, and The Canterbury Tales the author gives a thorough account of Chaucer's background. He examines the traditions in which he wrote, his audience, and his position among his contemporaries. The second edition was updated throughout and included a number of revisions and additions, in particular on the second part of the Roman de la Rose and on The Knight's Tale. |