Gebundenes Buch

A Companion to Chaucer

Beschreibung

This stimulating and accessible volume is a helpful, reliable and adaptable resource for students of Chaucer at all levels. Using an entirely new structure which highlights issues and themes, the Companion encourages movement across different Chaucerian compositions and beyond literary frames of reference, moving from textual analysis to cultural context and back again. Whether the reader of Chaucer is curious about language, Christianity, eroticism, astrology, concepts of the self, pilgrimage, violence, heresy, London, or any of a host of other topics, this book will provide food for thought. Each of these original and accessible essays, written by an internationally distinguished team of Chaucer scholars, provides an account of the key issues, applies these to specific passages in Chaucer's work and includes an annotated bibliography. The chapters are arranged alphabetically by topic, and broken down into compact sections for ease of use. The Companion is also fully cross-referenced, encouraging students to explore particular themes further. Designed both as a contribution to original research and as a text for students, A Companion to Chaucer is an essential resource for everyone involved in Chaucer studies.

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

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1194g
• ISBN-13: 9780631213321
• ISBN-10: 0631213325
• Artikelnr.: 21629801

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