Oxford Guides To Chaucer Troilus And Criseyde

Author : Barry A. Windeatt
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015029197038

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Troilus and Criseyde by Barry A. Windeatt Pdf

The three Oxford Guides to Chaucer are written by scholars of international repute, with the purpose of summarizing what is known about his works and offering interpretations based on recent advances in both historical knowledge and theoretical understanding. Barry Windeatt's volume on Troilus and Criseyde examines the poem that is Chaucer's most ambitious single achievement, his masterpiece, and one of the very finest narrative poems in the English language. The story of love fulfilled and trust betrayed - of how Troilus and Criseyde discover love, and how she abandons him for Diomede after her departure from Troy - is presented by Chaucer with profound insight into human character and explored through its philosophical and spiritual dimensions. This Oxford Guide is the most comprehensive introduction to Troilus and Criseyde yet produced. It includes the fullest and most convenient account of Chaucer's imaginative use of his sources, the first extended analysis of the poem's originality of genre, and a readable commentary on all aspects of the work, its structure, themes, characterization, and style. It also contains a survey of literary responses to Troilus in the three centuries following Chaucer's death. The Guide combines the informative substance of a reference book with the coherence of a critical reading, and is set to establish itself as a standard work on Troilus and Criseyde.

Author : Barry Windeatt,Prof Barry (Fellow of Emmanuel College Windeatt, Fellow of Emmanuel College University of Cambridge)
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780198878810

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Oxford Guides to Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde by Barry Windeatt,Prof Barry (Fellow of Emmanuel College Windeatt, Fellow of Emmanuel College University of Cambridge) Pdf

This is a comprehensive critical guide to Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. This new edition has been comprehensively revised in light of the latest scholarly and critical research and with a fully updated bibliography. It includes a full account of Chaucer's imaginative deployment of his sources, and an extended survey of this narrative poem's innovative combination of a range of generic identities. The chapters explain how Chaucer builds thematic significance into his poem's symmetrical structure, and the poem's distinctive variety in style and language, as well as a full commentary on the poem's concerns with love in the contexts of time and mutability and human free will. The Guide explores the poem as an extended debate about the nature and value of love, and how love was conceptualized and experienced as a form of service in quest of compassionate reward, a quasi-religious devotion, and a potentially fatal illness always in hope of cure. The subjectivities of the chief protagonists are fully analysed, as is the poem's problematic ending. Alongside discussions of theme and structure, there is also an account of what the extant manuscripts of Troilus and Criseyde may reveal about the poem's early genesis, and a unique survey of responses to Troilus from its own times to the present day. Barry Windeatt's contribution to the series is a comprehensive single-volume guide to Troilus and Criseyde, bringing together a wide range of material and providing a readable commentary on all aspects of the work. Combining the informative substance of a reference book with the coherence of a critical reading, the Guide has taken its place as the standard introduction to Troilus and Criseyde since its first publication in 1992.

Author : Barry Windeatt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198878834

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Oxford Guides to Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde by Barry Windeatt Pdf

This is a comprehensive critical guide to Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. This new edition has been comprehensively revised in light of the latest scholarly and critical research and with a fully updated bibliography. It includes a full account of Chaucer's imaginative deployment of his sources, and an extended survey of this narrative poem's innovative combination of a range of generic identities. The chapters explain how Chaucer builds thematic significance into his poem's symmetrical structure, and the poem's distinctive variety in style and language, as well as a full commentary on the poem's concerns with love in the contexts of time and mutability and human free will. The Guide explores the poem as an extended debate about the nature and value of love, and how love was conceptualized and experienced as a form of service in quest of compassionate reward, a quasi-religious devotion, and a potentially fatal illness always in hope of cure. The subjectivities of the chief protagonists are fully analysed, as is the poem's problematic ending. Alongside discussions of theme and structure, there is also an account of what the extant manuscripts of Troilus and Criseyde may reveal about the poem's early genesis, and a unique survey of responses to Troilus from its own times to the present day. Barry Windeatt's contribution to the series is a comprehensive single-volume guide to Troilus and Criseyde, bringing together a wide range of material and providing a readable commentary on all aspects of the work. Combining the informative substance of a reference book with the coherence of a critical reading, the Guide has taken its place as the standard introduction to Troilus and Criseyde since its first publication in 1992.

Author : Barry A. Windeatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Love in literature
ISBN : OCLC:1238007127

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Troilus and Criseyde by Barry A. Windeatt Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:734108974

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Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer Pdf

Author : Jenni Nuttall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521191449

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'Troilus and Criseyde' by Jenni Nuttall Pdf

A scene-by-scene reader's guide to Geoffrey Chaucer's Trojan War poem specifically designed for student readers.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer,B.A. Windeatt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134963928

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Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer,B.A. Windeatt Pdf

This edition presents all of the surviving manuscripts, together with textual apparatus and commentary. The poem is also presented in parallel with its principal source, Boccaccio's "Filostrato", enabling the reader to compare the two poems in charting the evolution and achievement of Chaucer's "Troilus". This edition has been revised and corrected in order to make the text fully accessible to the reader unfamiliar with Chaucer's work. An introduction discusses the text, metre and sources of "Troilus" and assesses the literary importance of Chaucer's translation method.

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer,Robert Kilburn Root
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0691012520

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The book of Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer,Robert Kilburn Root Pdf

The Description for this book, Book of Troilus and Criseyde, will be forthcoming.

Author : D. S. Brewer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317895367

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A New Introduction to Chaucer by D. S. Brewer Pdf

This new introduction to Chaucer has been radically rewritten since the previous edition which was published in 1984. The book is a controversial and modern restatement of some of the traditional views on Chaucer, and seeks to present a rounded introduction to his life, cultural setting and works. Professor Brewer takes into account recent literary criticism, both challenging new ideas and using them in his analysis of Chaucer's work. Above all, there is a strong emphasis on leading the reader to understand and enjoy the poetry and prose, and to try to understand Chaucer's values which are often seen to oppose modern principles. A New Introduction to Chaucer is the result of Derek Brewer's distinguished career spanning fifty years of research and study of Chaucer and contemporary scholarship and criticism. New interpretations of many of the poems are presented including a detailed account of the Book of the Duchess. Derek Brewer's fresh and narrative style of writing will appeal to all who are interested in Chaucer, from sixth-form and undergraduate students who are new to Chaucer's work through to more advanced students and lecturers.

Author : Steve Ellis
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0199259127

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Chaucer by Steve Ellis Pdf

"This text combines general essays and contextual information with detailed readings of specific Chaucerian texts. The volume is divided into five parts - 'Historical Contexts', 'Literary Contexts', 'Readings', 'Afterlife' and 'Study Resources'. Each chaper includes a Guide to Further Reading and there is a Chronology at the end of the volume" --Provided by publisher.

Author : Beatrice Fannon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137469601

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Medieval English Literature by Beatrice Fannon Pdf

This volume brings together a wide range of original, scholarly essays on key figures and topics in medieval literature by leading academics. The volume examines the major authors such as Chaucer, Langland and the Gawain Poet, and covers key topics in medieval literature, including gender, class, courtly and popular culture, and religion. The volume seeks to provide a fresh and stimulating guide to medieval literature.

Author : Piero Boitani,Jill Mann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521894670

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The Cambridge Companion to Chaucer by Piero Boitani,Jill Mann Pdf

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Author : Corinne Saunders
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444319108

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A Companion to Medieval Poetry by Corinne Saunders Pdf

A Companion to Medieval Poetry presents a series oforiginal essays from leading literary scholars that explore Englishpoetry from the Anglo-Saxon period up to the15th century. Organised into three parts to echo the chronological andstylistic divisions between the Anglo-Saxon, Middle English andPost-Chaucerian periods, each section is introduced with contextualessays, providing a valuable introduction to the society andculture of the time Combines a general discussion of genres of medieval poetry,with specific consideration of texts and authors, includingBeowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Chaucer,Gower and Langland Features original essays by eminent scholars, including AndyOrchard, Carl Schmidt, Douglas Gray, and BarryWindeatt, who present a range of theoretical,historical, and cultural approaches to reading medieval poetry, aswell as offering close analysis of individual texts andtraditions

Author : Dieter Mehl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317871552

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English Literature in the Age of Chaucer by Dieter Mehl Pdf

Written in an engaging and accessible manner, English Literature in the Age of Chaucer serves as both a lucid introduction to Middle English literature for those coming fresh to the study of earlier English writing, and as a stimulating examination of the themes, traditions and the literary achievement of a number of particulary original and interesting authors. In addition to detailed and sensitive treatment of Chaucer's major works, the book includes chapters on his chief contemporaries, such as John Gower, William Langland and the Gawain-poet. It also examines the often underrated contribution to the English literary tradition of his successors John Lydgate and Thomas Hoccleve, as well as the interesting and original work of the Scottish poets, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar and Gavin Douglas, who also claim Chaucer as their model. Apart from the narrative poetry of Chaucer and his followers, the book also contains chapters on the Middle English lyric; Middle English prose, including Mandeville's travels; the most original and imaginative writings of the Middle English mystics, in particular Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe; and Thomas Malory's impressive prose compilation of Arthurian stories.

Author : Peter Brown
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191620706

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Geoffrey Chaucer (Authors in Context) by Peter Brown Pdf

Chaucer lived through a period of extraordinary upheaval: a protracted war with France, devastating plague, the peasants' revolt, religious controversy, and the overthrow of the king. Compact and comprehensive, this book offers a wide-ranging account of the medieval society from which works such as The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde sprang, and shows how these and other works manifest that society in fictional form. Significant aspects of the literary scene, such as patronage, audience, and performance, help to place Chaucer's practices in their historical framework, and his treatment of love, paganism, and reality are framed within their intellectual and philosophical contexts. The modern reception of Chaucer in film and television adaptations is also examined. Seen through the lens of his cultural experience, this is the perfect critical companion to Chaucer's life and poetry. The book includes a chronology of Chaucer's life and time, suggestions for further reading, websites, illustrations, and a comprehensive index. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.