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Surveying and assessing competing critical approaches to chaucer's work, this text emphasizes a need to see Chaucer in historical context; the context of the social and political concerns of his own day.

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Preface**1. Chaucer: real-life observation versus literary convention.**2. Monologic versus Dialogic Chaucer.**3. Allegorical versus humanist Chaucer**4. Misogynist versus feminist Chaucer**5. Conclusion - Chaucer: validity in interpretation.

Chaucer in Context Society Allegory and Gender

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 1/23/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719042362, 978-0719042362
      ISBN10: 0719042364

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Surveying and assessing competing critical approaches to chaucer's work, this text emphasizes a need to see Chaucer in historical context; the context of the social and political concerns of his own day.

      Table of Contents
      Preface**1. Chaucer: real-life observation versus literary convention.**2. Monologic versus Dialogic Chaucer.**3. Allegorical versus humanist Chaucer**4. Misogynist versus feminist Chaucer**5. Conclusion - Chaucer: validity in interpretation.

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