Geoffrey Chaucer / editor, James M. Dean (Emeritus Professor of English, University of Delaware, Newark).
| Other author | Dean, James M. (James McMurrin) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2017] |
| Description | xiv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Critical insights Critical insights. ^A1030970 |
| Contents | The book and the author. On Geoffrey Chaucer / James M. Dean ; Biography of Geoffrey Chaucer / Scott Lightsey -- Critical contexts. Harry Bailly's labor and time consciousness on Chaucer's Canterbury pilgrimage / Gregory M. Sadlek ; Chaucer's philosopher : Boethian contexts for reading Chaucer's poetry / Kevin J. Burke ; Reading lessons : Chaucer and the comfort of uncertainty / Susan Yager ; Selling satire : Gower, Chaucer, and the end of the estates / Roger A. Ladd -- Critical readings. Chaucer's language / Susan Yager ; Transnational Chaucer / Kathryn McKinley ; Chaucer's reality fiction / James M. Dean ; Chaucer, John Donne, and "The flea" : a "Robertsonian" perspective / Robert C. Evans ; Charting Chaucer : travel, mechanical magic, and controlling the narrative / Francis Tobienne Jr. ; Chaucer's international presence / Scott Lightsey ; The mortal spectacle : history in The monk's tale / James M. Dean ; Chaucer, Nashe, and the "The choice of Valentines" / Robert C. Evans ; Chaucer as a sociolinguist : understanding the role of language in Chaucer's internationalism / Jonathan Fruoco -- Resources. Chronology of Geoffrey Chaucer's life ; Works by Geoffrey Chaucer. |
| Abstract | Geoffrey Chaucer, fourteenth-century master storyteller and comic genius, was the greatest English author of the Middle Ages. This volume includes essays that help explain why Chaucer is called the father of English letters. Essay topics include Chaucer as an international poet, gender and horror in The Canterbury Tales and Chaucer s links to Shakespeare. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017278884 |
| ISBN | 9781682172568 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 1682172562 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |