Critical essays on Chaucer's Canterbury tales

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Critical essays on Chaucer's Canterbury tales

edited by Malcolm Andrew

Open University Press, 1991

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780335096008

Description

This book offers a collection of reprinted essays and extracts on the "Canterbury Tales". Its purpose is twofold; both to make available a selection of influential and stimulating interpretations, and to facilitate appreciation of the the evolving tradition of critical writing on Chaucer's elusive work. Essays and extracts have been chosen not only for their intrinsic quality but also to illustrate the range and variety of criticism on the "Canterbury Tales". Some essays - above all those of G.L.Kittredge on "Chaucer's Discussion of Marriage" and E.Talbot Donaldson on "Chaucer the Pilgrim" - are included because they have proved exceptionally influential; others - like those of Gerhard Joseph on "Chaucerian "Game" - "Ernest" and the "Argument of Herbergage"" and Hope Phyllis Weissman on "Antifeminism and Chaucer's Characterization of Women" - may well be unfamiliar and may perhaps now receive the attention they deserve. Though the earliest piece, by William Blake, dates from 1809 and all major phases of criticism are represented, there is a deliberate emphasis on material published during the last 30 years. Some of this reflects the growing importance of approaches and methodologies such as women's studies and literary theory, and suggests the potential for future developments in critical writing on the "Canterbury Tales". The collection as a whole bears witness not only to the richness and subtlety of the text but also to the diversity of interpretative responses to it.

Table of Contents

  • Extract on the Canterbury Pilgrims from "A Descriptive Catalogue" (1809), William Blake
  • extract from "Simple and Coy: a Note on 14th Century Poetic Diction" (1910), John Livingston Lowes
  • Chaucer's discussion of marriage (1912), George Lyman Kittredge
  • extract on the Reeve from "Chaucer and the Mediaeval Sciences" (1926), Walter Clyde Curry
  • extract on the Reeve from "Some New Light on Chaucer" (1926), John Matthews Manly
  • extract on some of the moral tales from "Chaucer (II) - The Canterbury Tales (I)" (1943), John Speirs
  • the crucial passages in five of "The Canterbury Tales" - a study in irony and symbol (1953), Charles A. Owen, jr
  • Chaucer the pilgrim (1954), E. Talbot Donaldson
  • extract on the structure of "The Canterbury Tales" from "The Unity of The Canterbury Tales" (1955), Ralph Baldwin
  • extract on "The mixed style" from "Chaucer and the French Tradition: a Study in Style and Meaning" (1957), Charles Muscatine
  • extract on concepts of pilgrimage and marriage from "A Preface to Chaucer: Studies in Mediaeval Perspectives" (1962), D.W.Robertson, jr
  • extract on "The Range of the Middle" from "The Art of The Canterbury Tales" (1965), Paul G.Ruggiers
  • Chaucerian "Game", "Ernest" and the "Argument of Herbergage" in "The Canterbury Tales" (1970), Gerhard Joseph
  • antifeminism and Chaucer's characterization of women (1975), Hope Phyllis Weissman
  • Chaucer's idea of an idea (1976), Donald R.Howard
  • the art of impersonation - a general prologue to "The Canterbury Tales" (1980), H.Marshall Leicester
  • "Chaucer and Boccaccio: The Knight's Tale" from "14th Century English Poets - Contexts and Readings" (1983), Elizabeth Salter
  • the Wife of Bath and her four sisters - reflections on a woman's life in the age of Chaucer (1985), Michael M.Sheehan
  • extract on "Chaucer's Representations of Marriage and Sexual Relations" from "Chaucer" (1986), Michael M.Sheehan
  • deconstructing "The Canterbury Tales" - pro (1987), Peggy A.Knapp
  • deconstructing "The Canterbury Tales" - con (1987), Traugott Lawler.
Volume

: hard ISBN 9780335096015

Description

This book offers a collection of reprinted essays and extracts on the "Canterbury Tales". Its purpose is twofold; both to make available a selection of influential and stimulating interpretations, and to facilitate appreciation of the the evolving tradition of critical writing on Chaucer's elusive work. Essays and extracts have been chosen not only for their intrinsic quality but also to illustrate the range and variety of criticism on the "Canterbury Tales". Some essays - above all those of G.L.Kittredge on "Chaucer's Discussion of Marriage" and E.Talbot Donaldson on "Chaucer the Pilgrim" - are included because they have proved exceptionally influential; others - like those of Gerhard Joseph on 'Chaucerian "Game" - "Ernest" and the "Argument of Herbergage"' and Hope Phyllis Weissman on "Antifeminism and Chaucer's Characterization of Women" - may well be unfamiliar and may perhaps now receive the attention they deserve. Though the earliest piece, by William Blake, dates from 1809 and all major phases of criticism are represented, there is a deliberate emphasis on material published during the last 30 years. Some of this reflects the growing importance of approaches and methodologies such as women's studies and literary theory, and suggests the potential for future developments in critical writing on the "Canterbury Tales". The collection as a whole bears witness not only to the richness and subtlety of the text but also to the diversity of interpretative responses to it.

Table of Contents

  • Extract on the Canterbury Pilgrims from "A Descriptive Catalogue" (1809), William Blake
  • extract from "Simple and Coy: a Note on 14th Century Poetic Diction" (1910), John Livingston Lowes
  • Chaucer's discussion of marriage (1912), George Lyman Kittredge
  • extract on the Reeve from "Chaucer and the Mediaeval Sciences" (1926), Walter Clyde Curry
  • extract on the Reeve from "Some New Light on Chaucer" (1926), John Matthews Manly
  • extract on some of the moral tales from "Chaucer (II) - The Canterbury Tales (I)" (1943), John Speirs
  • the crucial passages in five of "The Canterbury Tales" - a study in irony and symbol (1953), Charles A. Owen, jr
  • Chaucer the pilgrim (1954), E. Talbot Donaldson
  • extract on the structure of "The Canterbury Tales" from "The Unity of The Canterbury Tales" (1955), Ralph Baldwin
  • extract on "The mixed style" from "Chaucer and the French Tradition: a Study in Style and Meaning" (1957), Charles Muscatine
  • extract on concepts of pilgrimage and marriage from "A Preface to Chaucer: Studies in Mediaeval Perspectives" (1962), D.W.Robertson, jr
  • extract on "The Range of the Middle" from "The Art of The Canterbury Tales" (1965), Paul G.Ruggiers
  • Chaucerian "Game", "Ernest" and the "Argument of Herbergage" in "The Canterbury Tales" (1970), Gerhard Joseph
  • antifeminism and Chaucer's characterization of women (1975), Hope Phyllis Weissman
  • Chaucer's idea of an idea (1976), Donald R.Howard
  • the art of impersonation - a general prologue to "The Canterbury Tales" (1980), H.Marshall Leicester
  • "Chaucer and Boccaccio: The Knight's Tale" from "14th Century English Poets - Contexts and Readings" (1983), Elizabeth Salter
  • the Wife of Bath and her four sisters - reflections on a woman's life in the age of Chaucer (1985), Michael M.Sheehan
  • extract on "Chaucer's Representations of Marriage and Sexual Relations" from "Chaucer" (1986), Michael M.Sheehan
  • deconstructing "The Canterbury Tales" - pro (1987), Peggy A.Knapp
  • deconstructing "The Canterbury Tales" - con (1987), Traugott Lawler.

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  • NCID
    BA13163759
  • ISBN
    • 0335096018
    • 033509600X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Milton Keynes
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 229 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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