Chaucer's England : Literature in Historical Context
Represents the first time that disciples of history and English literature have joined forces to present new interpretations of late fourteenth-century English society.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
1992.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Political Context; 1. The Court of Richard II and the Promotion of Literature; 2. Saving the Appearances: Chaucer's Purse and the Fabrication of the Lancastrian Claim; 3. Chaucer and Gentility; Part II. London as a Literary Setting; 4. Chaucer and the Absent City; 5. William Langland: A London Poet; 6. Need Men and Women Labor? Langland's Wanderer and the Labor Ordinances; Part III. Literature of the Countryside; 7. Medieval Hunting: Fact and Fancy; 8. Ballads and Bandits: Fourteenth-Century Outlaws and the Robin Hood Poems.