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The Canterbury tales and the good society /
Paul Olson argues that Chaucer's narratives emerge from his deep concern about the crises of late fourteenth-century England and his vision of the renewal of that troubled society through the ideal of parlement, the various orders of society speaking together, and through a perfective religious...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
1986.
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| Colección: | Princeton legacy library
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Part I. Chaucer, Social Theory, and Fourteenth- Century History
- Introduction. On Looking at the Meaning of Chaucer's Language
- 1. The General Prologue, the Three-Estate Theory, and the "Age and Body" of the Time
- Part II. The Canterbury Tales on Temporal Lords
- 2. The Order of the Passion and Internal Order
- 3. The Lawyer's Tale and the History of Christian English Law
- 4. Chaucer on Temporal Power and Art
- PART III. The CANTERBURY TALES on the Spiritual Power
- 5. Stratford's Nunnery, Sapience, and Monasticism's Critical Role
- 6. Monasticism's Royal Claim
- 7. The Hierarchy's Keys
- 8. Summoner Wrath on Friar Perfection
- 9. The Sect of the Wife of Bath and the Quest for Perfection
- 10. In Conclusion
- APPENDIX. A Note on the Relationship of Meaning and Historical Forms of Life
- Index
- Backmatter