ABSTRACT

So many questions surround the key figures in the English literary canon, but most books focus on one aspect of an author's life or work, or limit themselves to a single critical approach. Geoffrey Chaucer offers: *basic information on an author's life, contexts and works *the major critical issues surrounding the author's works, from the time they were written to the present *explanations of the full range of different critical views and interpretations * guides to further reading in each area.

chapter |1 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter |16 pages

Part I LIFE AND CONTEXTS

chapter |10 pages

Part II WORK

chapter |14 pages

(b) THE DREAM POEMS

chapter |4 pages

(c) NON-FICTION PROSE

chapter |7 pages

(d) TROILUS AND CRISEYDE

part |2 pages

PART III CRITICISM

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(a) BIOGRAPHY

chapter |2 pages

(b) TEXT, MANUSCRIPTS AND EDITING

chapter |1 pages

(c) CHAUCER’S LANGUAGE

chapter |3 pages

(e) NARRATORS, IRONY AND SATIRE

chapter |2 pages

(f) HISTORICISM, OLD AND NEW

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(g) POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY

chapter |3 pages

(h) FEMINISM AND GENDER

chapter |3 pages

(i) IMITATION, MODERNISATION, ALLUSION

chapter |2 pages

CHRONOLOGY