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Introduction: Prayer as Performance
Practices of prayer in Late-Medieval England.
Chapter 1: Praying to Mary. "An ABC to the Virgin": Performance and prevenience
Marian invocations: Forming readers
Chapter 2: Praying in Suffering.
The Man of Law's tale: Explanations and encounters
The Knight's Tales: Philosophy and petition
The Franklin's Tale: Devotional uncertainties
Chapter 3: God of Love and Love of God in Troilus and Criseyde. Praying to love
Rejoicing in love
Keeping the faith
Chapter 4: Praying about Poetry. The Book of the Duchess: The poet as a reader
The Parliament of Fowls: The poet as a craftsman
Reader and poet in The House of Fame
The Retraction: Writing cooperation
Conclusion: Praying with Chaucer, Performing Chaucer.
Practices of prayer in Late-Medieval England.
Chapter 1: Praying to Mary. "An ABC to the Virgin": Performance and prevenience
Marian invocations: Forming readers
Chapter 2: Praying in Suffering.
The Man of Law's tale: Explanations and encounters
The Knight's Tales: Philosophy and petition
The Franklin's Tale: Devotional uncertainties
Chapter 3: God of Love and Love of God in Troilus and Criseyde. Praying to love
Rejoicing in love
Keeping the faith
Chapter 4: Praying about Poetry. The Book of the Duchess: The poet as a reader
The Parliament of Fowls: The poet as a craftsman
Reader and poet in The House of Fame
The Retraction: Writing cooperation
Conclusion: Praying with Chaucer, Performing Chaucer.