Sheila Fisher

Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy

A Study of Value and its Transformation in The Canterbury Tales

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1988. The economic changes and the growth of commerce in fourteenth century England precipitated both social changes and a preoccupation with material wealth. This book examines Chaucer's treatment of economic and ethical value in The Canterbury Tales within the context of contemporary economics and society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780367357474
• ISBN-10: 036735747X
• Artikelnr.: 60040401

Autorenporträt

Fisher, Sheila

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. "Al Have I Nat Set Folk In Hir Degree": The Question Of
Value in the World of The Canterbury Tales 2. What Women Most Desire: Value
and its Determination in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale 3. "'We May
Creaunce Whil We Have a Name'": Taking it on Faith in The Shipman's Tale
4. Chaucer and the "'Sligynge Science'": Value and its Alchemical
Transformation in The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale. Epilogue:
Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy and The Transformation of The Canterbury Tales