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Essays on Chaucerian Irony /

These essays, written between 1937 and 1960, have remained classics of their kind. They include important discussions on irony-its native traditions and its occurrence in early English literature, an account of critics' appreciation of Chaucerian irony prior to this century, and a detailed exam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Birney, Earle (Autor)
Otros Autores: Rowland, Beryl (Contribuidor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Colección:Heritage
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Seven Kinds of Irony
  • The Two Worlds of Geoffrey Chaucer
  • English Irony before Chaucer
  • Is Chaucer's Irony a Modern Discovery?
  • The Beginnings of Chaucer's Irony
  • The Inhibited and the Uninhibited: Ironic Structure in the Miller's Tale
  • 'After his Ymage': The Central Ironies of the Friar's Tale
  • Structural Irony within the Summoner's Tale
  • Chaucer's 'Gentil' Manciple and his 'Gentil' Tale