Description
Book SynopsisPresents a comprehensive selection of the key views of Chaucer in the twentieth century. This volume addresses the growth of Chaucer criticism over the centuries. It reflects the three major divisions of Chaucer's writing: The Dream Vision poetry, Troilus and Criseyde, and The Canterbury Tales.
Trade Review"The acuteness of Corinne Saunders's analyses makes this volume considerably more than a collection of critical extracts; it manages to be at once illuminating about Chaucer, Chaucerian criticism, and twentieth-century criticism in general, its range, its concerns, its disagreements, and its radical insights."
Medium Aevum LXXI/2002 "Saunders's Chaucer is a thought-inspiring and highly recommended coursebook to use beside The Riverside Chaucer." English Studies
Table of ContentsIntroduction.
Part I: The Development of Chaucer Criticism:.
Chaucer's Reading and Audience: Critical Extracts.
'The English and European Literary Traditions': Derek Brewer:.
Introduction.
Reading.
From 'Chaucer: The Teller and the Tale': Gabriel Joipovici:.
Introduction.
Reading.
From 'Audience': Paul Strohm:.
Introduction.
Reading.
PArt II: Dream Vision Poetry:.
Dream Vision Poetry: Critical Extracts.
'The Lady White and the White Tablet: The Book of the Duchess': Judith Ferster:.
Introduction.
Reading.
' "The Dido Episode," in The House of Fame': Wolfgang Clemen.
Introduction.
Reading.
'Chaucer's Fame and Her World: The Poem': Piero Boitani:.
Introduction.
Reading.
'Park of Paradise and Garden of Love': J. A. W. Bennett:.
Introduction.
Reading.
'The Parliament of Fowls': A. C. Spearing:.
Introduction.
Reading.
'The Narrator as Translator': Donald W. Rowe:.
Introduction.
Reading.
'Chaucer's Classical Legendary': Lisa J. Kiser:.
Introduction.
Reading.
Part III: Troilus and Criseyde:.
Troilus and Criseyde: Critical Extracts.
From 'The Ending of Troilus': E. Talbot Donaldson:.
Introduction.
Reading.
From 'The Heart and the Chain': John Leyerle:.
Introduction.
Reading.
From 'Criseyde: Woman in Medieval Society': David Aers:.
Introduction.
Reading.
'Coda: The Narrator': B David Benson:.
Introduction.
Reading.
'History versus Romance': Lee Patterson.
PArt IV: The Canterbury Tales:.
The Canterbury Tales: Critical Extracts.
From 'The Unity of the Canterbury Tales': Robert M. Jordan:.
Introduction.
Reading.
'The Esthetics of this Form': Donald R. Howard:.
Introduction.
Reading.
'An Encyclopedia of Kinds': Helen Cooper:.
Introduction.
Reading.
From ' The Night's Tale and Its Settings': V. A. Kolve:.
Introduction.
Reading.
'Fabliau, Confession, Satire': W. A. Davenport:.
Introduction.
Reading.
'Gems of Chastity': Ian Bishop:.
Introduction.
Reading.
From 'Antifeminism': Jill Mann:.
Introduction.
Reading.
From 'The Franklin's Tale': Angela Jane Weisl:.
Introduction.
Reading.
From 'Glose/Bele Chose: The Wife of Bath and Her Glossators' and 'Eunuch Hermeneutics': Carolyn Dinshaw:.
Introduction.
Reading.
Bibliography.
