Chaucer And The Doctor Of Physic

Author : Mann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1973-06-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 052120058X

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Chaucer and Medieval Estates Satire by Mann Pdf

This book is an attempt to discover the origins and significance of the General Prologue-to the Canterbury Tales. The interest of such an inquiry is many-sided. On the one hand, it throws light on the question of whether `life' or 'literature' was Chaucer's model in this work, on the relationship between Chaucer's twenty-odd pilgrims and the structure of medieval society, and on the role of their `estate' in determining the elements of which Chaucer composes their portraits. On the other hand, it makes suggestions about the ways in which Chaucer convinces us of the individuality of his pilgrims, about the nature of his irony, and the kind of moral standards implicit in the Prologue. This book suggests that Chaucer is ironically substituting for the traditional moral view of social structure a vision of a world where morality becomes as specialised to the individual as his work-life.

Author : Philippa Morgan
Publisher : Constable Limited
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000087206896

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Chaucer and the Doctor of Physic by Philippa Morgan Pdf

The date is 1373. Geoffrey Chaucer - poet, diplomat and sometime spy - is newly returned to England from a successful mission in Florence. Scarcely has he set foot on the London wharfs than he is despatched to the Devon town of Dartmouth.

Author : Philip Gooden
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798559937601

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Chaucer and the Doctor of Physic by Philip Gooden Pdf

Geoffrey Chaucer Mysteries - Book Three 'A central character and a story that will leave readers clamouring for more.' Booklist 1373. Geoffrey Chaucer, diplomat, king's agent and aspiring poet, is despatched to the Devon port of Dartmouth. A ship from the Italian city of Genoa has been deliberately wrecked and its cargo stolen. A treaty between England and Genoa is at risk. Chaucer must find the perpetrators. Chaucer and his travelling companions are lodged with a wealthy doctor of physic, Richard Storey, and his new, young wife, Sara. The fine house, overlooking the river Dart, is full of intrigue and suspicion between its members and visitors, who include a much-married woman, a softly spoken herbalist and the madam of a local brothel. When a murder occurs, Chaucer's mission grows more perilous still. And there are rumours that the shipwrecked boat contained no ordinary cargo but an object that is worth a king's ransom. Worth killing for. Recommended for fans of CJ Sansom, Steven Saylor and Andrew Taylor. Philip Gooden is a historical novelist and contributor to various short story anthologies. He lives in Bath. Praise for Philip Gooden: 'An absorbing mix of history, suspense and romance, this tale brings one of Britain's most renowned literary figures to credible life.' Publishers Weekly

Author : William Andrews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : HARVARD:HC1YZ3

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The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-lore, Etc by William Andrews Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105047975771

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Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer,Larry Dean Benson
Publisher : American Chemical Society
Page : 1386 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN : 9780199552092

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The Riverside Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer,Larry Dean Benson Pdf

A re-editing of F.N. Robinson's second edition of The works of Geoffrey Chaucer published in 1957 by the team of experts at the Riverside Institute who have greatly expanded the introductory material, explanatory notes, textual notes, bibliography and glossary. The result of many years' study. The Riverside Chaucer is the most authentic and exciting edition available of Chaucer's complete works.

Author : Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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five hundred years of chaucer criticism and allusion by Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon Pdf

Author : Adolphus William Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11574538

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Chaucer by Adolphus William Ward Pdf

Author : Sir Adolphus William Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Poets, English
ISBN : UOM:39015047748739

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Chaucer by Sir Adolphus William Ward Pdf

Author : Rosalyn Rossignol
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Civilization, Medieval, in literature
ISBN : 9781438108407

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Critical Companion to Chaucer by Rosalyn Rossignol Pdf

Examines the life and writings of Geoffrey Chaucer, including detailed synopses of his works, explanations of literary terms, character portraits, social and historical influences, and more.

Author : Huling E. Ussery
Publisher : New Orleans : Department of English, Tulane University
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Literature and medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015004445642

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Chaucer's Physician; Medicine and Literature in Fourteenth-century England by Huling E. Ussery Pdf

Author : Stephen Henry Rigby,Alastair J. Minnis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199689545

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Historians on Chaucer by Stephen Henry Rigby,Alastair J. Minnis Pdf

As literary scholars have long insisted, an interdisciplinary approach is vital if modern readers are to make sense of works of medieval literature. In particular, rather than reading the works of medieval authors as addressing us across the centuries about some timeless or ahistorical 'human condition', critics from a wide range of theoretical approaches have in recent years shown how the work of poets such as Chaucer constituted engagements with the power relations and social inequalities of their time. Yet, perhaps surprisingly, medieval historians have played little part in this 'historical turn' in the study of medieval literature. The aim of this volume is to allow historians who are experts in the fields of economic, social, political, religious, and intellectual history the chance to interpret one of the most famous works of Middle English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer's 'General Prologue' to the Canterbury Tales, in its contemporary context. Rather than resorting to traditional historical attempts to see Chaucer's descriptions of the Canterbury pilgrims as immediate reflections of historical reality or as portraits of real life people whom Chaucer knew, the contributors to this volume have sought to show what interpretive frameworks were available to Chaucer in order to make sense of reality and how he adapted his literary and ideological inheritance so as to engage with the controversies and conflicts of his own day. Beginning with a survey of recent debates about the social meaning of Chaucer's work, the volume then discusses each of the Canterbury pilgrims in turn. Historians on Chaucer should be of interest to all scholars and students of medieval culture whether they are specialists in literature or history.

Author : Kathleen Forni
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786473441

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Chaucer's Afterlife by Kathleen Forni Pdf

This study explores Chaucer's present-day cultural reputation by way of popular culture. In just the past two decades his texts have been adapted to a wide variety of popular genres, including television, stage, comic book, hip-hop, science fiction, horror, romance, and crime fiction. This cultural recycling involves a variety of functions but Chaucer's primary association is with the idea of pilgrimage and the prevailing tenor is populist satire. The target is not only cultural elitism but also the dominant discourse of professional Chaucerians. Academics in turn may have doubts about the value of popular Chaucer; popular culture theory, however, would maintain that such skepticism has less to do with critical discrimination than the assertion of social distinction. Nonetheless, the fact that Chaucer has a popular afterlife, and remains an ideological product over which competing groups lay claim, attests to his current cultural vitality.

Author : Sir Adolphus William Ward
Publisher : VM eBooks
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-04
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Chaucer by Sir Adolphus William Ward Pdf

The biography of Geoffrey Chaucer is no longer a mixture of unsiftedfacts, and of more or less hazardous conjectures. Many and wide as arethe gaps in our knowledge concerning the course of his outer life, anddoubtful as many important passages of it remain--in vexatious contrastwith the certainty of other relatively insignificant data--we have atleast become aware of the foundations on which alone a trustworthyaccount of it can be built. These foundations consist partly of ameagre though gradually increasing array of external evidence, chieflyto be found in public documents,--in the Royal Wardrobe Book, the IssueRolls of the Exchequer, the Customs Rolls, and suchlike records--partlyof the conclusions which may be drawn with confidence from the internalevidence of the poet's own indisputably genuine works, together with afew references to him in the writings of his contemporaries orimmediate successors.

Author : Robert Thomas Lambdin,Laura Lambdin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313019487

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Chaucer's Pilgrims by Robert Thomas Lambdin,Laura Lambdin Pdf

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is one of the oldest and most widely studied works of English literature. The tales provide a glimpse of medieval life, and the professions of the pilgrims figure prominently in the poetry. To have a clear understanding of Chaucer's work, the reader needs to know about the vocations of the pilgrims. For some 600 years, this information has been difficult to locate. This reference work conveniently synthesizes and discusses information about the occupation of each of Chaucer's pilgrims and provides an historical context. The volume contains individual entries for each of Chaucer's pilgrims, and the entries share a similar format to foster comparison. Each entry includes three parts. First, the pilgrim's profession is discussed in terms of the daily routine of the medieval occupation. Second, the vocation is examined in terms of its reflection in the tale told by the pilgrim. Third, the vocation and the tale are discussed, when possible, in relation to the descriptions of the characters provided in the General Prologue. Each entry includes a bibliography, and the volume concludes with a list of works for further reading.