Geoffrey Chaucer / Janette Dillon
1993, First Edition. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #390639
ISBN: 0333542029
Physical description: x, 212 pages ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.
Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chaucer's Life and Times Literary -- Production and Audience -- Four Estates -- Continental England -- 'Greet Altercacioun': the Influence of Philosophy -- 'This Wrecched World': the Obsession with Death -- Reputation and Influence Chronology -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey -1400. Chaucer, Geoffrey -1400 Criticism and interpretation. Chaucer, Geoffrey d. 1400 Contemporary England.
1066-1485. Civilization.
Literature, Medieval.
England Civilization 1066-1485. England. England Civilization 1066-1485.
Angleterre Civilisation 1066-1485. England Civilization Medieval period, 1066-1485. English poetry.
Price: €21.95