Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 2: The Art of Narrative (Routledge Library Editions: Chaucer)
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- Synopsis
- Originally published in 1972. This important work of Chaucerian scholarship deals with two aspects of the poet and his work - his individual achievement and his place in history - and demonstrates that in both these senses Chaucer is a maker of English poetry. The author explores Chaucer’s narrative art. The book includes an examination of the puzzling question of narrative structure in the Canterbury Tales and of the nature of Chaucerian comedy in these works. The author surveys the major themes of the poems: Fortune and free will, marriage, and the nobleness of man. In the final chapter she treats of the meaning of Chaucer’s art for his successors. Throughout the work, Miss Kean deals extensively with the sources which Chaucer used for the writing of his poems, in a way which directs light on the more difficult aspects of his art.
- Copyright:
- 1972
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 282 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781000681338
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780429341748, 9780367357511, 9780367357344
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 08/23/20
- Copyrighted By:
- P. M. Kean
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Reference, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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