Chaucer by Steve Ellis

Chaucer by Steve Ellis

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A guide to Chaucer's work and the history of its reception available. This book comprises 37 specially commissioned chapters by a team of contemporary Chaucer scholars and combines general essays offering background and contextual information with detailed readings of specific Chaucerian texts.

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Chaucer by Steve Ellis

This book is the most comprehensive guide to Chaucer's work and the history of its reception available. It comprises 37 specially commissioned chapters by an outstanding team of contemporary Chaucer scholars and combines general essays offering background and contextual information with detailed readings of specific Chaucerian texts. The volume is divided into five parts - 'Historical Contexts', 'Literary Contexts', 'Readings', 'Afterlife' and 'Study Resources'. Each chaper includes a Guide to Further Reading and there is a Chronology at the end of the volume. The Guide is accompanied by a companion web site which includes four additional contributions for teachers and lecturers on teaching and learning issues related to Chaucer.
Steve Ellis is Professor of English Literature at the University of Birmingham. He has published widely on medieval and modern literature. Publications on Chaucer include: Geoffrey Chaucer, Writers and their Work (1996), Chaucer: the 'Canterbury Tales', (Longman Critical Readers, 1998) and Chaucer At Large: the Poet in the Modern Imagination (2000).
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ISBN 13 9780199259120
ISBN 10 0199259127
Title Chaucer
Author Steve Ellis
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2005-03-10
Number of pages 672
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