An Introduction to the "Canterbury Tales": Reading, Fiction and Context - Brossura

Phillips, Helen

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ISBN 10: 0333636813 ISBN 13: 9780333636817

Casa editrice: Macmillan Education, 1999

Riassunto

This introduction to the "Canterbury Tales" for students is accessible to first time readers of Chaucer and is also a significant critical study in its own right. It gives full separate readings of each tale, together with clear expositions of the historical and literary backgrounds. Using modern theoretical perspectives, the book focuses particularly on gender, political and narratological approaches. The humour in the Tales and Chaucer's gifts for story telling and dialogue are rooted in an extraordinary perceptiveness about timeless subjects such as human vanity, class consciousness, snobbery, rivalry, robust honesty and self-sacrificing love. This book provides both a clear guide to all aspects of the "Canterbury Tales" and insight into why it continues to be of importance to modern readers.

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Recensione

'A clear contextual study of the Canterbury Tales, invaluable to teachers and students.' - Maria Jones, University of Wolverhampton

L'autore

HELEN PHILLIPS is Professor of English Studies at Cardiff University, UK.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Macmillan Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0333636813
• ISBN 13: 9780333636817
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 264
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile