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Oxford Guides to Chaucer The Shorter Poems

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ISBN-10: 0198111932

ISBN-13: 9780198111931

Edition: 1995

Authors: A. J. Minnis, V. J. Scattergood, J. J. Smith

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This third volume in the highly successful Oxford Guides to Chaucer series offers a much needed introduction to Chaucer's Shorter Poems. General chapters on the social and cultural contexts of the Shorter Poems are supplemented by a guide to the genre they mostly exemplify - the love-vision form. The volume then provides individual chapters on the Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, the Parliament of Fowls, the Legend of Good Women, and the short poems; there is also an extensive appendix on Chaucher's language. The views of critics who wrote over fifty years ago are interwoven with those of contemporary scholars; traditional work on dates and sources is combined with up-to-date…    
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List price: $265.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/13/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 592
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.46" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Professor John Scattergood was appointed to Trinity College in 1980 as the Foundation Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature in the Department of English.

J. J. Smith is a nutritionist and certified weight-loss expert, and inspirational speaker. She has been featured on The Steve Harvey Morning Show, The Montel Williams Show, The Jamie Foxx Show, and The Michael Baisden Show. J. J. is the author of Lose Weight Without Dietings or Working Out, 6 Ways to Lose Belly Fat Without Exercising, and 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse.

Abbreviations
Introduction
Chaucer's Shorter Poems: Social and Cultural Contexts
Chaucer and the Love-Vision Form
The Book of the Duchess
The House of Fame
The Parliament of Fowls
The Legend of Good Women
The Short Poems
Appendix: Chaucer's Language
Bibliography
Index