Chaucer and his English Contemporaries
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Chaucer
discourse
English
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Medieval Literature
Middle Ages
poem
prologue
satire
writing
Product details
- ISBN 9780333601327
- Weight: 344g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jul 1998
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Modern ways of presenting Chaucer have often made his work seem 'normal' so that The Canterbury Tales and its much-studied General Prologue are seen as archetypes of narrative and prologue. Tony Davenport argues that study of Chaucer's major work alongside contemporary English poems reveals the odd and extreme aspects of Chaucer's writing as well as the daring and experimental qualities in his work. The focus of the book is on strategies of narrative and discourse, but also includes discussion of other much-studied Middle English poems.
TONY DAVENPORT, Professor of English at Royal Holloway, University of London, has taught Middle English for many years and is the author of several standard books on medieval English literature.
