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Literature and heresy in the age of Chaucer Literature and heresy in the age of Chaucer Andrew Cole After the late 14th century, English literature was fundamentally shaped by the heresy of John Wyclif and his followers. This study demonstrates how Chaucer, Langland, John Clanvowe, Margery Kempe, T… OL11885949W
Chaucer's Tale Chaucer's Tale Paul Strohm In 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer endured his worst year, but began his best poem. The father of English literature did not enjoy in his lifetime the literary celebrity that he has today—far from it. The mi… OL17072513W
Critical essays on Chaucer's Canterbury tales Critical essays on Chaucer's Canterbury tales Malcolm Andrew x, 229 p. ; 24 cm OL18542828W
Chaucer and the Jews : sources, contexts, meanings / edited by Sheila Delany Chaucer and the Jews : sources, contexts, meanings / edited by Sheila Delany Sheila Delany "Jews were expelled from England in 1290, about half a century before Geoffrey Chaucer's birth. But Jews and their culture continued to play in important role in the English Christian imagination thr… OL18923307W
Chaucer Chaucer Valerie Allen Over the last few decades, literary criticism has come increasingly to consider its relation to politics, socio-economics, gender, psychoanalysis, language and cultural values. Chaucer's most popular… OL20940392W
Species, phantasms, and images Species, phantasms, and images Carolyn P. Collette "Species, Phantasms and Images situates Chaucer's poetry within a number of discourse communities that have not generally been recognized as the intellectual context of Chaucer's work and creates new… OL3272058W
Chaucer Chaucer Brian Stone 228 p. ; 20 cm OL3619912W
Chaucer and Boccaccio Chaucer and Boccaccio Edwards, Robert "In the late Middle Ages, Chaucer invented two imaginative domains - antiquity and modernity - that proved crucial to his culture and to our subsequent understanding of the emergence of selfhood, sub… OL4619776W
Troilus and Criseyde Troilus and Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer A 1932 translation into modern English of a text written by Chaucer in c.1385, the story being set in Classical Antiquity around 800 B.C. and being a love story concerning its two principal character… OL531509W
The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales John E. Cunningham,Geoffrey Chaucer A collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling conte… OL531767W
Absent narratives, manuscript textuality, and literary structure in late medieval England Absent narratives, manuscript textuality, and literary structure in late medieval England Elizabeth Scala "Absent Narratives, Manuscript Textuality, and Literary Structure in Late Medieval England is a book about the defining difference between medieval and modern stories. In chapters devoted to the majo… OL5956293W
CliffsNotes Chaucer's The Canterbury tales CliffsNotes Chaucer's The Canterbury tales James Lamar Roberts The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feat… OL6224649W
Companion to Chaucer studies Companion to Chaucer studies Beryl Rowland The Companion to Chaucer Studies arose out of present necessity: it has been devised to assist students when they confront the formidable mass of Chaucerian scholarship, and, in particular, to give t… OL6662135W
Twentieth century interpretations of the Pardoner's tale Twentieth century interpretations of the Pardoner's tale Dewey R. Faulkner Literary critics and commentators examine and expound upon an important story in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Provides insight into a "classic gem of English literature." OL7201491W