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Book SynopsisEleven essays that explore how modern scholarship interprets Chaucer's writings.
Trade Review“The book is neither intended nor suitable for beginners, and all but the most sophisticated undergraduates are likely to become lost amid many references to scholars and scholarship. But specialists with even limited familiarity with Chaucer will find this collection ideal.”
—S. Downey Choice
“What is engaging about the essays in this collection is their analytical, speculative, sometimes contestive turns, their proposed new directions for Chaucer studies. . . . This entire collection, as a collection that points forward, is entirely welcome.”
—Leonard Koff Journal of English and Germanic Philology
“This volume admirably achieves its goal to sketch out the scholarly successes in Chaucer studies. . . . [T]he chapters in this volume succeed in articulating the impressive contributions made by the current generations of Chaucer scholars and in offering a clear sense of the promising future that lies ahead.”
—Deanne Williams Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies
“Initiating collaborative projects, minding gaps in the scholarship of our field, fostering community: [Fein and Raybin’s] contribution extends well beyond co-editing Chaucer Review, the journal whose fiftieth anniversary this handsome book celebrates. Chaucer: Visual Approaches offers a wealth of images, fresh ways to think about them, and fruitful exploration of their many implications for reading Chaucer.”
—Nancy Mason Bradbury Studies in the Age of Chaucer
Table of ContentsContents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Susanna Fein and David Raybin
I. Chaucer’s Places
1. Italy
Robert R. Edwards
2. France
Ardis Butterfield
3. England
Kathy Lavezzo
II. Chaucer’s Audiences
4. Manuscripts and Scribes
Simon Horobin
5. Receptions: Medieval, Tudor, Modern
Seth Lerer
III. Chaucer and Language
6. Language in Use
Karla Taylor
7. Colonialism, Latinity, and Resistance
John M. Bowers
IV. Reenvisioning Chaucer
8. Humor in Perspective
Laura Kendrick
9. Dream Poems
A. C. Spearing
10. Gender and Sexuality
Glenn Burger
11. Literary History
Steven Justice
Bibliography
Editors and Contributors
Index
