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The Yale companion to Chaucer / edited by Seth Lerer.

Contributor(s): Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006.Description: ix, 420 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780300109290 :
  • 0300109296 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR1905 .Y35 2006
Contents:
The lives of Geoffrey Chaucer / by Christopher Cannon -- Chaucer as a European writer / by James Simpson -- Chaucer as an English writer / by D. Vance Smith -- Chaucer and rhetoric / by Rita Copeland -- The dream visions / by Deanne Williams -- Lyrics and short poems / by Bruce Holsinger -- Troilus and Criseyde / by Jennifer Summit -- The Canterbury tales / by Seth Lerer -- Chaucer's influence and reception / by Stephanie Trigg -- Chaucer criticism and its legacies / by Ethan Knapp.
Summary: "The Yale Companion to Chaucer provides up-to-date information on the history and textual contexts of Chaucer's work, on the ranges of current critical interpretation, and on the poet's place in English and European literary history. With close readings of major texts, the book offer ample material for studying philology, history, and textual criticism as they bear on Chaucer's work in particular and medieval literature in general. Both interpretation and information are presented, and each essay is accompanied by a detailed bibliography and guide to further study and research."--BOOK JACKET. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection PR 1905 .Y35 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 699041

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-402) and index.

The lives of Geoffrey Chaucer / by Christopher Cannon -- Chaucer as a European writer / by James Simpson -- Chaucer as an English writer / by D. Vance Smith -- Chaucer and rhetoric / by Rita Copeland -- The dream visions / by Deanne Williams -- Lyrics and short poems / by Bruce Holsinger -- Troilus and Criseyde / by Jennifer Summit -- The Canterbury tales / by Seth Lerer -- Chaucer's influence and reception / by Stephanie Trigg -- Chaucer criticism and its legacies / by Ethan Knapp.

"The Yale Companion to Chaucer provides up-to-date information on the history and textual contexts of Chaucer's work, on the ranges of current critical interpretation, and on the poet's place in English and European literary history. With close readings of major texts, the book offer ample material for studying philology, history, and textual criticism as they bear on Chaucer's work in particular and medieval literature in general. Both interpretation and information are presented, and each essay is accompanied by a detailed bibliography and guide to further study and research."--BOOK JACKET. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

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