258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1981, this second edition built on the success of the first which had established itself as a standard introduction to the poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer. It shows Chaucer not only in the context of his own age, but, more important, as a writer and a man who is still vivid to us so many years later. As well as examining the early poems, Troilus and Criseyde , and The... Read more
Foreword 1. Poet and Public 2. Dreams and their Dreamers 3. Troilus and Criseyde 4. The Canterbury Tales I 5. The Canterbury Tales II 6. Chaucer and his Contemporaries
Biography
Hussey, S.S.
Reviews of the original first edition:
"This is a book to inspire and encourage sixth-formers and undergraduates bewildered by the maze of dialectal variations and the pitfalls of Middle English." The Times Educational Supplement
"S.S. Hussey’s sound and readable introduction to Chaucer’s poetry contains also much general information on medieval literature and literary conventions." The Modern Language Review
