Chaucer and Langland : historical and textual approaches / George Kane
1989. London : Athlone Press. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. A few pages are marked with highlighter and pen. Previous owner's signature. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #443766
ISBN: 0485113252
Physical description: x, 302 pages ; 22 cm. Contents: 1. The autobiographical fallacy in Chaucer and Langland studies (1965) -- 2. Chaucer and the idea of a poet (1976) -- 3. Chaucer, love poetry and romantic love (1978) -- 4. The liberating truth : the concept of integrity in Chaucer's writings (1979) -- 5. Philosophical Chaucer (1982) -- 6. Music neither unpleasant nor monotonous (1981) -- 7. Poetry and lexicography in the translation of Piers Plowman (1978) -- 8. The perplexities of William Langland (1974) -- 9. Langland and Chaucer : an obligatory conjunction (1980) -- 10. Langland and Chaucer II (1980) -- 11. Conjectural emendation (1966) -- 12. The text of The legend of good women in CUL MS Gg.4.27 (1983) -- 13. John M. Manly (1865-1940) and Edith Richert (1871-1938) (1984) -- 14. 'Good' and 'bad' manuscripts : texts and critics (1986) -- 15. Criticism, solecism : does it matter? (1967) -- 16. Outstanding problems of Middle English scholarship (1977). Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey -1400 Criticism and interpretation. Langland, William 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman. English poetry Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism. Civilization, Medieval 14th century.
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