Chaucer and Fame

Chaucer and Fame PDF Author: Isabel Davis
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1843844079
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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The questions of fame and reputation are central to Chaucer's writings; the essays here discuss their various treatments and manifestations.

Chaucer and Fame

Chaucer and Fame PDF Author: Isabel Davis
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1843844079
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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Book Description
The questions of fame and reputation are central to Chaucer's writings; the essays here discuss their various treatments and manifestations.

The Hous of Fame

The Hous of Fame PDF Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1893.
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150

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Chaucer and the House of Fame

Chaucer and the House of Fame PDF Author: Philippa Morgan
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
ISBN: 9780786714667
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341

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Sent on a diplomatic mission to France, medieval English poet Geoffrey Chaucer finds himself in the middle of furor when his host is killed in a hunting "accident" and he must uncover the culprit before he is accused of the crime.

Chaucer and the Imaginary World of Fame

Chaucer and the Imaginary World of Fame PDF Author: Piero Boitani
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0859911624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Chaucer and the Tradition of Fame

Chaucer and the Tradition of Fame PDF Author: Benjamin Granade Koonce
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 140087694X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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The author's aim is to "restore to the reading of the poem a background of medieval meanings familiar enough to Chaucer’s contemporary reader but almost lost to the modem." Mr. Koonce believes that fame was a clearly defined Christian concept in the Middle Ages, and his interpretation of Chaucer’s allegory proceeds from that central focus. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Chaucer and the House of Fame

Chaucer and the House of Fame PDF Author: Philip Gooden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909771055
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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It is 1370, right in the middle of the Anglo-French conflict, the Hundred Years War. In danger of losing the Aquitaine territory, England sends Geoffrey Chaucer, protege of the king's son, to France. As a poet on a diplomatic mission, Chaucer must persuade one of the most important noblemen of the region to remain loyal to England's king. But Henri, Comte de Guyac, whose wife Chaucer had previously fallen in love with when he was held prisoner by Henri, is not exactly neutral in his feelings for Chaucer. Wondering how he will feel when he sees Rosamund, the Comte's wife, Chaucer reaches de Guyac's castle and is greeted by turmoil. His mission is further complicated when Henri is killed during a boar hunt. Chaucer soon realizes the Comte's death is no hunting accident and that he must solve the murder before returning home. Enemies and suspects abound, from a troupe of travelling players to factions within the castle itself. Chaucer finds himself in the midst of a brightly colorful puzzle that turns him into a fugitive in a foreign country, unsure who his friends and enemies really are."

Chaucer's House of Fame

Chaucer's House of Fame PDF Author: Sheila Delany
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813012599
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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On its original publication this classic title made sense of a difficult poem for the first time and brought that poem to the center of a concern with the nature of tradition, textuality, and language that is current today. The book forces late-medieval philosophy out of the closet and into a relation with literature, and it validates the use of contemporary methods and sensibility in literary criticism. In Sheila Delany's view, House of Fame portrays the ambiguity of old or new communication, with skeptical fideism as the means of transcending ambiguity.

Love Visions

Love Visions PDF Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141959894
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 259

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Spanning Chaucer's working life, these four poems build on the medieval convention of 'love visions' - poems inspired by dreams, woven into rich allegories about the rituals and emotions of courtly love. In The Book of the Duchess, the most traditional of the four, the dreamer meets a widower who has loved and lost the perfect lady, and The House of Fame describes a dream journey in which the poet meets with classical divinities. Witty, lively and playful, The Parliament of Birds details an encounter with the birds of the world in the Garden of Nature as they seek to meet their mates, while The Legend of Good Women sees Chaucer being censured by the God of Love, and seeking to make amends, for writing poems that depict unfaithful women. Together, the four create a marvellously witty, lively and humane self-portrait of the poet.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer PDF Author: Dieter Mehl
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521318884
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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This book is a lucid introduction and intelligent examination of Chaucer's narrative poetry.

Chaucer's Philosophical Visions

Chaucer's Philosophical Visions PDF Author: Kathryn L. Lynch
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780859916004
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Book Description
New readings of Chaucer's dream visions, demonstrating his philosophical interests and learning.