Research Catalog

Title

Geoffrey Chaucer / Peter Brown.

Author

Brown, Peter, 1948-

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Description

xv, 254 p. : ill., map; 20 cm.

Summary

• 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.
• 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.

Series Statement

• Oxford world's classics
• Oxford world's classics. Authors in context

Uniform Title

• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press). Authors in context.
• Oxford world's classics.

Subject

• Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 > Criticism and interpretation
• Chaucer, Geoffrey

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-235) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The life of Geoffrey Chaucer -- The social body -- The literary scene -- Society and politics -- Intellectual ideas -- Science and technology -- New contexts.

ISBN

• 9780192804297
• 0192804294

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library