Essays on Chaucerian Irony /

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These essays€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 examination of four of the Canterbur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Birney, Earle, 1904-1995
Other Authors: Rowland, Beryl
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 1985
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey. > Canterbury tales.
Chaucer, Geoffrey.
Chaucer, Geoffrey > 1343-1400 > The Canterbury tales
Chaucer, Geoffrey > 1343-1400
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > m. 1400 > Humour, satire, etc.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Humor.
Aufsatzsammlung
Ironie
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Anecdotes.
Humor.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Seven Kinds of Irony / Beryl Rowland
  • 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 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
  • Bibliography of 'Seven Kinds of Irony'
  • General Bibliography on Chaucer's Irony
  • Bibliography on the Miller's Prologue and Tale
  • Bibliography on the Friar's Prologue and Tale
  • Bibliography on the Summoner's Prologue and Tale
  • Bibliography on the Manciple's Prologue and Tale.

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