Chaucer in Context

Society, Allegory and Gender

S H Rigby author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Published:23rd Jan '97

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Amongst the most written about works of English literature, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales still defy categorization, claims the author of this book. Was Chaucer a poet of profound religious piety or a sceptic who questioned all religious and moral certainties? Do his pilgrims reflect the society of the day, or were they a product of an already well-established literary tradition and convention? Surveying and assessing competing critical approaches to Chaucer's work, this text emphasizes a need to see Chaucer in historical context; the context of the social and political concerns of his own day.

ISBN: 9780719042362

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224 pages