Chaucer Canterbury Tales: A Short Introduction (Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature)

Hirsh, John C.

ISBN 10: 0631225625 / ISBN 13: 9780631225621

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2002

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The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR004623360

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Titel: Chaucer Canterbury Tales: A Short ...

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell

Erscheinungsdatum: 2002

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: Very Good

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This concise and lively survey introduces students with no prior knowledge to Chaucer, and particularly to The Canterbury Tales. Provides essential facts about Chaucer, as well as a framework for thinking about his poetry. Encourages an engaged reading of The Canterbury Tales. Introduces students to the historical and religious background needed to understand the contexts in which Chaucer wrote.

• Provides essential facts about Chaucer, as well as a framework for thinking about his poetry.
• Encourages an engaged reading of The Canterbury Tales.
• Introduces students to the historical and religious background needed to understand the contexts in which Chaucer wrote.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

John C. Hirsh is Professor of English at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. His previous publications include The Boundaries of Faith: The Development and Transmission of Medieval Spirituality (1996), The Revelations of Margery Kempe: Paramystical Practices in Late Medieval England (1989) and Hope Emily Allen: Medieval Scholarship and Feminism (1988). He has also edited ‘Barlam and Iosaphat’ (1986) for the Early English Text Society.