Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy: A Study of Value and its Transformation in The Canterbury Tales

ISBN-13: 9780367357474 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 264 str.

Sheila Fisher

Opis

Originally published in 1988. The economic changes and the growth of commerce in fourteenth century England precipitated both social changes and a preoccupation with material wealth. This book examines Chaucer's treatment of economic and ethical value in The Canterbury Tales within the context of contemporary economics and society.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. "Al Have I Nat Set Folk In Hir Degree": The Question Of Value in the World of The Canterbury Tales  2. What Women Most Desire: Value and its Determination in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale  3. "'We May Creaunce Whil We Have a Name'": Taking it on Faith in The Shipman's Tale  4. Chaucer and the "'Sligynge Science'": Value and its Alchemical Transformation in The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale.  Epilogue: Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy and The Transformation of The Canterbury Tales

O autorze

Fisher, Sheila