Chaucer Criticism, Volume 1: The Canterbury Tales

by R.J. Schoeck, Jerome Taylor

Overview

Eighteen varied yet strikingly complementary approaches to The Canterbury Tales challenge the reader to fuller appreciation of Chaucer’s art both in its formal aspects and in its larger human implications. Numerous artistic and historical problems are treated in these essays, including the narrative point of view established by Chaucer the pilgrim, the possible architectonic function of The Parson’s Tale, the medieval controversy over the friars, the pronouncements of the medieval church on the Jews, and the socio-economic background of the fourteenth century. This anthology is distinct not only because of the excellence of individual selections but also in the fact that the selections, though diverse in origin and approach, together contribute to a unifying view of the Canterbury Tales and to a just evaluation of Chaucer’s full stature among the giants of literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780268000363
Publisher:	University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date:	10/31/1974
Edition description:	1
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

Professor Richard J. Schoeck is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Colorado.

Editorial Reviews

"The breadth and variety of Chaucer criticism makes it impossible to satisfy everyone...but this offers a convenent, reliable, and inexpensive alternative to give students an opportunity for first-hand evaluation of Chaucer criticism." —Rocky Mountain Review

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