| Chaucer's the Canterbury Tales Contributor(s): Ashton, Gail (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826489354 ISBN-13: 9780826489357 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $158.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: This guide to The Canterbury Tales introduces students to Chaucer's life and times, before providing an analysis of the tales' language and style. Exemplary close readings of key tales and the General Prologue cover questions such as narrative voice, genre, gender and authority. A survey of the critical reception goes from early responses to recent critical approaches and the publishing history introduces the issues surrounding manuscripts and editions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.1 |
| LCCN: 2007002769 |
| Series: Reader's Guides |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (0.60 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This fresh and comprehensive guide to Chaucer's most famous poem The Canterbury Tales introduces readers to Chaucer's life and times and reconsiders both the impact and the context of its inception. It carefully details Chaucer's cultural and literary world, as well as reviewing the publishing history of the Tales and examining some of the issues surrounding the nature of the material production of medieval texts. In addition, it raises matters of 'Englishness' and Chaucer's choice of the vernacular in which to write his works. A highly-readable survey of the critical reception of the Tales, from early responses to recent critical perspectives, works together with a series of exemplary, close readings of key tales and ideas to explore questions such as narrative voice, genre, language and form, gender and authority. This introduction to the text is the ideal companion to study, offering guidance on: Literary and historical context Language, style and form Reading The Canterbury Tales Critical reception and publishing history Adaptation and interpretation Further reading |
Contributor Bio(s): Ashton, Gail: - Gail Ashton is an academic, writer and poet with research and publishing interests in medieval and women's literature, poetry and contemporary literary theory. Recent books include Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (Continuum, 2007) and the co-edited Teaching Chaucer (Palgrave, 2007). |