First published in 1990, Chaucer and the Social Contest takes a fresh view of The Canterby 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 of contention: the division of social duties into the three estates, the controversies around Wycliffite thought and practice, and the roles of women. Drawing on recent literary theory, particularly Bakhtin and Foucault, Peggy Knapp offers both a reading of nearly all the tales and an argument about how such readings come about, both for Chaucer's earliest audiences and for us.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-10
0415618630
ISBN-13
9780415618632
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113898100
Product Key Features
Book Title
Chaucer and the Social Contest
Author
Peggy Knapp
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature, Literary Criticism, Poetry
Publication Year
2012
Number of Pages
158 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
272g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Peggy Knapp
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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