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A Concise Companion to ChaucerISBN: 978-1-4051-5462-8
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304 pages
April 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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This concise companion provides a succinct introduction to Chaucer’s major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and to medieval thought more generally.
- Opens with a general introductory section discussing London life and politics, books and authority, manuscripts and readers.
- Subsequent sections focus on Chaucer’s major works – the dream visions, Troilus and Criseyde and The Canterbury Tales.
- Essays highlight the key religious, political and intellectual contexts for each major work.
- Also covers important general topics, including: medieval literary genres; dream theory; the Church; gender and sexuality; and reading Chaucer aloud.
- Designed so that each contextual essay can be read alongside one of Chaucer’s major works.
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