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Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Winthrop Wetherbee (Cornell University, New York)

Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales par Winthrop Wetherbee (Cornell University, New York)

Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Winthrop Wetherbee (Cornell University, New York)


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Résumé

This guide examines the stylistic range of The Canterbury Tales; emphasis is placed on the language of the poem, the place of Chaucer in subsequent literary tradition, and an entire chapter is devoted to the General Prologue which is widely studied on undergraduate courses.

Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Résumé

Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Winthrop Wetherbee (Cornell University, New York)

This introductory guide places the Canterbury Tales in the context of the crisis in English society in the fourteenth century. It examines the social diversity of Chaucer's pilgrims, the stylistic range of their tales and the psychological richness of their interaction. The volume offers students a clear image of the powerful representation of the social reality that makes the Canterbury Tales one of the most important texts in English literature. Emphasis is placed on the language of the poem, the place of Chaucer in subsequent literary tradition, and an entire chapter is devoted to the General Prologue which is widely studied on undergraduate courses. Finally, the volume offers a helpful chronology of the period and an invaluable guide to further reading.

Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Avis

'Written in a lucid and elegant style, Wetherbee's book has lost nothing of its worth during the fifteen years that have elapsed since it was first published. It provides a useful and thought-provoking commentary to the Tales not only for university students or general readers but also for specialists.' Anglia

Sommaire

Chronology; 1. Introduction; 2. The general prologue; 3. Gentles: chivalry and the courtly world; 4. Churls: commerce and the material world; 5. Women; 6. The art and problems of tale-telling; 7. The final tales; 8. Afterword: the reception of The Canterbury Tales.

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GOR001940320
9780521540100
0521540100
Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Winthrop Wetherbee (Cornell University, New York)
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Cambridge University Press
2003-11-10
138
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