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Title
Geoffrey Chaucer / Peter Brown.
Author
Brown, Peter, 1948-
ISBN
9780192804297 (pbk.)
0192804294 (pbk.)
0192804294 (pbk.)
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xv, 254 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Call Number
PR1924 .B88 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
821.1
Summary
This book examines Chaucer's life and poetry through the lens of his cultural experience. It offers a wide-ranging account of the medieval society from which his works sprang, and examines the works in detail. It considers the intellectual and philosophical contexts, and the modern reception of Chaucer in film and television.
Chaucer lived through a period of extraordinary upheaval: a protracted war with France, devastating plague, the peasants' revolt, religious controversy, and the overthrow of the king. Compact and comprehensive, this book offers a wide-ranging account of the medieval society from which works such as The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde sprang, and shows how these and other works manifest that society in fictional form. Significant aspects of the literary scene, such as patronage, audience, and performance, help to place Chaucer's practices in their historical framework, and his treatment of love, paganism, and reality are framed within their intellectual and philosophical contexts. The modern reception of Chaucer in film and television adaptations is also examined. Seen through the lens of his cultural experience, this is the perfect critical companion to Chaucer's life and poetry. The book includes a chronology of Chaucer's life and time, suggestions for further reading, websites, illustrations, and a comprehensive index.--Cover.
Chaucer lived through a period of extraordinary upheaval: a protracted war with France, devastating plague, the peasants' revolt, religious controversy, and the overthrow of the king. Compact and comprehensive, this book offers a wide-ranging account of the medieval society from which works such as The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde sprang, and shows how these and other works manifest that society in fictional form. Significant aspects of the literary scene, such as patronage, audience, and performance, help to place Chaucer's practices in their historical framework, and his treatment of love, paganism, and reality are framed within their intellectual and philosophical contexts. The modern reception of Chaucer in film and television adaptations is also examined. Seen through the lens of his cultural experience, this is the perfect critical companion to Chaucer's life and poetry. The book includes a chronology of Chaucer's life and time, suggestions for further reading, websites, illustrations, and a comprehensive index.--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press). Authors in context.
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Table of Contents
The life of Geoffrey Chaucer
The social body
The literary scene
Society and politics
Intellectual ideas
Science and technology
New contexts.
The social body
The literary scene
Society and politics
Intellectual ideas
Science and technology
New contexts.