Broschiertes Buch

A Companion to Chaucer

Beschreibung

Designed as both a contribution to original research and as a stimulating and accessible text, this volume is a helpful, reliable, responsive and adaptable resource for students of Chaucer at all levels.

Autor

Peter Brown is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Kent and Chair of its School of English. His publications include Reading Dreams: The Interpretation of Dreams from Chaucer to Shakespeare (editor and contributor), Chaucer at Work: The Making of the Canterbury Tales, and, with Andrew Butcher, The Age of Saturn: Literature and History in the Canterbury Tales.

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 935g
• ISBN-13: 9780631235903
• ISBN-10: 0631235906
• Artikelnr.: 13585682

Rezensionen

'This collection of accessible, informative essays providesstudents and teachers with a balance of textual analysis andcultural contexts designed to enhance the understanding ofChaucer's major and minor works . . . Both serious first-timereaders of Chaucer and veterans looking for credible information onmore recent avenues of inquiry will find this a valuable source ofinformation and bibliography.' Choice

"This work, the latest entry in Blackwell's "Companionsto Literature and Culture" series. . . provides an inclusive andscholarly orientation to current theories and interpretation ofChaucer's works." "Each essay. . . places Chaucer's texts intocultural context by examining the medieval point of view, andincludes notes, references,

and suggestions for further readings.""The text. . . will serve well as a one-volume introduction for newstudents. It also provides access to original research and newideas sought by graduate students and faculty." LibraryJournal

"Overall, this is useful book. providing an up-to-date survey ofthe state of Chaucer scholarship on a wide range of issues...itwill provoke interesting and educational debates in and out of theclassroom." Reference Reviews

"[This book] is both highly readable and rich in its diversity,a book which any Chaucerian, novice or seasoned, will often pick upsimply for the pleasure of browsing[...] Every student of Chaucer,from undergraduate to emiritus professor, will want to have accessto it." English Studies: A Journal of English Language andLiterature