Chaucer and the Social Contest - Couverture rigide

Knapp, Peggy A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415901502 ISBN 13 : 9780415901505

Editeur : Routledge, 1990

Synopsis

Drawing on recent literary theory, particularly that of Bakhtin and Foucault, Knapp places "The Canterbury Tales" in their larger social context, and shows how the dominant ideologies of the time were inadequate as an account of social life. This book should be of interest to students and lecturers in medieval literature and social history.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published in 1990, Chaucer and the Social Contest takes a fresh view of The Canterbury 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 on recent literary theory, particularly Bakhtin and Foucault, Peggy Knapp offers both a reading of nearly all the tales and an argument about how such readings come about, both for Chaucer’s earliest audiences and for us.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415901502
• ISBN 13: 9780415901505
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible