Chaucer and the Social Contest (Routledge Revivals)

by Peggy A. Knapp

Book Overview

First published in 1990, Chaucer and the Social Contest takes a fresh view of The Canterby Tales, by placing the storytelling contest among the Canterbury pilgrims within the larger social contests in the changing England of the late fourteenth century. The author focuses on three crucial fields of contention: the division of social duties into the three estates, the controversies around Wycliffite thought and practice, and the roles of women. Drawing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415618630
• ISBN13: 9780415618632
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"