The Cambridge Chaucer Companion contains a series of essays by internationally known Chaucer experts, designed to provide a challenging introduction to the poet. The collection is divided between pieces which concentrate squarely on one or more of Chaucer's major poems, identifying themes, styles, moods and tones, and pieces of wider scope which give more general information about Chaucer's literary sources and historical background, or study his experiments with style and structure over a range of poems, or set his works in the context of medieval genres and literary traditions. While introducing a work or works to the reader, these essays also adopt fresh and rigorous lines of critical enquiry which will encourage him or her to develop and place his or her own interpretations. Taken as a whole, the collection establishes a context for Chaucer, discusses the significance of his position within it, and applies to his poetry detailed and frequently innovative analysis. These three functions combine to provide what should become a standard work of reference for students as well as readers who already have some familiarity with Chaucer but wish to achieve a greater understanding of this major English poet and his oeuvre.
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House of Fame, New York, Book of the Duchess, Knight's Tale, General Prologue, Geoffrey Chaucer, Wife of Bath, Man of Law, Miller's Tale, Roman de la Rose, Friar's Tale, Merchant's Tale, Parson's Tale, Legend of Good Women, Sir Thopas, Middle Ages, Middle English, Squire's Tale, Canon's Yeoman, Chaucer's Troilus, Chaucer Review, Nun's Priest's Tale, Reeve's Tale, Jill Mann, Derek Brewer New!
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- Canterbury Tales (Barron's Book Notes) by Chaucer on 79 pages
- Troilus and Criseyde (Oxford World's Classics) by Geoffrey Chaucer on 49 pages
- The Book Of The Duchess And Other Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer on 26 pages
- The General Prologue: Part One A and Part One B (Variorum Chaucer) (Pt.1A) by Geoffrey Chaucer on 23 pages
- The Wife of Bath (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) by Geoffrey Chaucer on 19 pages
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- Chaucer Traditions: Studies in Honour of Derek Brewer by Ruth Morse on page 38, page 102, and page 268
- Chaucer's Dream Visions and Shorter Poems (Basic Readings in Chaucer and His Time) by William A. Quinn on page 9, page 429, and Back Matter
- The Medieval Tradition of Thebes: History and Narrative in the Roman de Thebes, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Lydgate (Studies in Medieval History and Culture) by Dominique Battles in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales by Laura C. Lambdin on page 67, page 106, and Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Dante (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Rachel Jacoff in Front Matter, and page 256
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