Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-8936-4
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 172 g

Reihe: Reader's Guides

This book provides an up-to-date, authoritative but accessible guide to one of the most commonly studied classic texts, focusing on the most commonly studied tales including the Summoner’s, Wife of Bath and the Miller

This fresh and comprehensive guide to Chaucer’s most famous poem The Canterbury Tales introduces readers to Chaucer’s life and times and reconsiders both the impact and the context of its inception. It carefully details Chaucer’s cultural and literary world, as well as reviewing the publishing history of the Tales and examining some of the issues surrounding the nature of the material production of medieval texts. In addition, it raises matters of ‘Englishness’ and Chaucer’s choice of the vernacular in which to write his works. A highly-readable survey of the critical reception of the Tales, from early responses to recent critical perspectives, works together with a series of exemplary, close readings of key tales and ideas to explore questions such as narrative voice, genre, language and form, gender and authority. This introduction to the text is the ideal companion to study, offering guidance on: Literary and historical context Language, style and form Reading The Canterbury Tales Critical reception and publishing history Adaptation and interpretation Further reading

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ashton, Gail

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Contexts

2. Language, Style and Form

3. Reading The Canterbury Tales

4. Critical Reception and Publishing History
5. Adaptation, interpretation and influence

6. Guide to Further Reading

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gail Ashton is currently a freelance academic with research and publishing interests in medieval literature, gender theory and pedagogies of teaching and learning. Her books include Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales (Macmillan, 1998), The Generation of Identity in Late Medieval Hagiography (Routledge, 2000) and Teaching Chaucer in Universities (Palgrave, 2007).