Chaucer and the Social Contest (Routledge Revivals).

First published in 1990, Chaucer and the Social Contest takes a fresh view of The Canterbury Tales, by placing the storytelling contest among the Canterbury pilgrims within the larger social contests in the changing England of the late fourteenth century. The author focuses on three crucial fields o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Knapp, Peggy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Series:Routledge revivals.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Canterbury tales.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Political and social views.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400
Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
500-1500
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
Social history > Medieval, 500-1500.
Literature and society > England.
Social problems in literature.
Histoire sociale > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Littérature et société > Angleterre.
Problèmes sociaux dans la littérature.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature
Literature and society
Political and social views
Social conditions
Social history > Medieval
Social problems in literature
England > Social conditions > 1066-1485.
Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 1066-1485.
England
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chaucer and the Social Contest; Copyright; Chaucer and the Social Contest; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Thawing Frozen Words; Part I: The Estates; 2 Chivalry and Its Discontents; 3 Robyn the Miller's Thrifty Work; 4 The Work of the Religious; Part II: The Wycliffite Controversy; 5 Coming to Terms with Wyclif; 6 Three ""Noble Prechours"": Pardoner, Nun's Priest, and Parson; Part III: Women; 7 ""Mannes Governance"" and ""Wommannes Conseil""; 8 Alisoun Looms; 9 Griselda and the Patient Clerk; Conclusion; Notes; Index

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