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Men and Masculinities in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde
New studies of the problem of medieval masculinity, and Chaucer's treatment of it. Issues relating to the male characters and the construction of masculinities in Chaucer's …
Chaucerian Tragedy
A study of Chaucer's definition of tragedy - with special reference to Troilus -and its lasting influence on English dramatists. This book is concerned with the medieval idea of …
Chaucer's Religious Tales
These thirteen essays by distinguished Chaucerians deal with the most neglected genre of the Canterbury Tales, the religious tales. Although the prose works are also discussed, the …
The Legend of Good Women: Context and Reception
Essays re-examining the Legend of Good Women, placing it in its cultural and historical context. The essays in this volume explore the context and reception of Chaucer's neglected …
Sources and Analogues of the Canterbury Tales: vol. II [pb]
Long-awaited companion to the highly acclaimed first volume. The publication of this volume completes the new edition of the sources and major analogues of all the Canterbury Tales …
Essays on Troilus and Criseyde
`Each essay opens up new directions without ignoring past critical trends...an important guide for new approaches to the text and meaning of Troilus and Criseyde and, as such, an …
Chaucer on Love, Knowledge and Sight
Medieval natural philosophy illuminates Chaucer's use of the motif of sight and the relationship between love and knowledge. In this study, Norman Klassen shows how Chaucer …
Chaucer and the Early Writings of Boccaccio
David Wallace's examination of the aims and literary affiliations of Boccaccio's early writings provides an indispensable preface to and context for an informed appraisal of …
Eighteenth-Century Modernizations from the Canterbury Tales
This collection of 32 modernised versions of The Canterbury Tales which appeared in the 18th century offers basic material for studying the history of attitudes to Chaucer, and …
The Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales
Owen investigates what the manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales reveal about the way they came into being. [see revs] This study of the manuscripts of the Canterbury Talescalls into …
Chaucer's Boece and the Medieval Tradition of Boethius
Chaucer's translation of Boethius' work is related to medieval intellectual culture, with attention to Trevet's Boethius commentary. This collection seeks to locate the Boece …
Introduction to Chaucerian English
There is fairly general agreement that the modern reader's appreciation of Chaucer's writings can be enhanced by providing the reader with guides to `Chaucerian background' - …