The Cambridge companion to Chaucer / edited by Piero Boitani and Jill Mann. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - xiv, 317 p. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge companions to literature. .

Rev. ed. of: The Cambridge Chaucer companion / edited by Piero Boitani and Jill Mann. 1986.

1. The social and literary scene in England Paul Strohm. - 2. Chaucer's French inheritance Ardis Butterfield. - 3. Chaucer's Italian inheritance David Wallace. - 4. Old books brought to life in dreams: the Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, the Parliament of Fowls Piero Boitani. - 5. Telling the story in Troilus and Criseyde Mark Lambert. - 6. Chance and destiny in Troilus and Criseyde and The Knight's Tale Jill Mann. - 7. The Legend of Good Women Julia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards. - 8. The Canterbury Tales: personal drama or experiments in poetic variety? C. David Benson. - 9. The Canterbury Tales I: Romance J. A. Burrow. - 10. The Canterbury Tales II: Comedy Derek Pearsall. - 11. The Canterbury Tales III: Pathos Robert Worth Frank, Jr. - 12. The Canterbury Tales IV: Exemplum and fable A. C. Spearing. - 13. Literary structures in Chaucer Barry A. Windeatt. - 14. Chaucer's style Christopher Cannon. - 15. Chaucer's presence and absence, 1400-1542 James Simpson. - 16. New approaches to Chaucer Carolyn Dinshaw. - 17. Further reading: a guide to Chaucer studies Joerg Fichte. - Index.

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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 --Criticism and interpretation.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 --Handbooks, manuals, etc.

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