Chaucer's England : literature in historical context / Barbara A. Hanawalt, editor.

Other author Hanawalt, Barbara A., 1941-
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1992.
Descriptionxxii, 240 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Contemporary England.
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500. --History and criticism.
Literature and society--England.
England--Civilization. --1066-1485.
Great Britain--History. --14th century.

SeriesMedieval studies at Minnesota ; v. 4
Medieval studies at Minnesota ; v. 4. ^A295047
Contents The political context. The court of Richard II and the promotion of literature / Michael J. Bennett -- Saving the appearances : Chaucer's Purse and the fabrication of the Lancastrian claim / Paul Strohm -- Chaucer and gentility / Nigel Saul -- London as a literary setting. Chaucer and the Absent City / David Wallace -- William Langland : a London poet / Caroline M. Barron -- Need men and women labor? Langland's wanderer and the labor ordinances / Lawrence M. Clopper -- Literature of the countryside. Medieval hunting : fact and fancy / Nicholas Orme -- Ballads and bandits : fourteenth-century outlaws and the Robin Hood poems / Barbara A. Hanawalt -- John Ball's letters : literary history and historical literature / Richard Firth Green -- The writing lesson of 1381 / Susan Crane.
General noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 91012381
ISBN0816620199 (hc) :
ISBN0816620202 (pb) :

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Joyner General Stacks PR1906.5 .C48 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold