1st Edition

Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 1 Love Vision and Debate

By P. M. Kean Copyright 1972
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1972. This important work of Chaucerian scholarship deals with two aspects of the poet and his work - his individual achievement and his place in history - and demonstrates that in both these senses Chaucer is a maker of English poetry. The author assesses the extent of Chaucer’s debt to the English tradition. She considers the development of his ‘urbane’ manner as a... Read more

Preface 1. Introduction: Chaucer and the English Tradition 2. The Urbane Manner 3. New Themes in the Love Vision 4. Troilus and Criseyde

Biography

Kean, P. M.