Introduction : speech and the Commonwealth
The dream visions : discourse at play : The book of the Duchess, The house of fame, The Parliament of fowls
Speche in Troilus and Criseyde
The Knight's tale and the discourse of authority
Discourse and freedom in The Wife of Bath's prologue
Words and deeds in The Squire's tale and The Franklin's tale
The Monk's tale and Chaucer's idea of the listener
The Manciple's tale and the poetics of guile
Discourse and closure in The Canterbury tales.