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The Cambridge Introduction to Chaucer (Hardcover)
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The Cambridge Introduction to Chaucer (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature
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Geoffrey Chaucer is the best-known and most widely read of all
medieval British writers, famous for his scurrilous humour and
biting satire against the vices and absurdities of his age. Yet he
was also a poet of passionate love, sensitive to issues of gender
and sexual difference, fascinated by the ideological differences
between the pagan past and the Christian present, and a man of
science, knowledgeable in astronomy, astrology and alchemy. This
concise book is an ideal starting point for study of all his major
poems, particularly The Canterbury Tales, to which two chapters are
devoted. It offers close readings of individual texts, presenting
various possibilities for interpretation, and includes discussion
of Chaucer's life, career, historical context and literary
influences. An account of the various ways in which he has been
understood over the centuries leads into an up-to-date, annotated
guide to further reading.
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