A New Introduction to Chaucer

ISBN-13: 9780582093485 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 440 str.

Derek Brewer; Dered Brewer

Opis

In this completely re-written edition, Professor Brewer has taken into account recent literary criticism, both challenging new ideas and using them to analyse Chaucer's work. He has also included a more detailed account of The Book of the Duchess.

Spis treści

Prelude  1. In the Beginning  2. Education  3. The Courtly Life  4. The English and European Literary Traditions  5. Courtier and Soldier  6. 'The Book of the Duchess I'; Quest and Commemoration  7. 'The Book of the Duchess II'; Dreaming the Spoken and Written Self  8. 'The Book of the Duchess III'; Death, Laughter, Repetition
9. Diplomat and Civil Servant; Private and Public Trouble  10. From 'House of Fame' to 'Parliament of Fowls'; Discontent and Search  11. 'The Parliament of Fowls'; Communiality and Conflict  12. The Fair Chain of Love: The Consolations of Philosophy and Verse  13. Love and Death; 'The Tale of Palamon and Arcite'  14. 'Troilus and Criseyde I'; From a View to a Death  15. 'Troilus and Criseyde II': The Lore of Love  16. 'The Legend of Good Women'; Cupid's Saints  17. Prologue to the 'Cantebury Tales'  18. 'The Cantebury Tales I'; Love and Rivalry; Tragedy and Comedy  19. 'The Cantebury Tales II'; Constancy and Inconstancy; Love and Anger; Trouthe and Gentilesse  20. 'The Cantebury Tales III'; Family Honour; You Find What you Look For  21. 'The Cantebury Tales IV'; A Gift Returned; Virginity and Martyrdom; Parody and Prudence; Flattery and Reversal  22. 'The Cantebury Tales V'; Spirit and Matter; Restraint and Repentance  23. Closure and Beyond  
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O autorze

 D. S. Brewer