BIBLIOGRAPHY
Primary sources and editions Bennett, D.S. (ed.) (1960, reprinted 1972) Chaucer, ’TheParlementofFoulys’, Manchester: Manchester University Press. Benson, L.D. (ed.) (1988) The Riverside Chaucer, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Benson, L.D. and Andersson, T.M. (eds) (1971) The Literary Context of Chaucer’s Fabliaux: Texts and Translations, Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill. Blake, N.F. (ed.) (1980) The Canterbury Tales […]
CHRONOLOGY
Early 1340s Geoffrey Chaucer born, probably only son of John and Agnes Chaucer, wine merchants 1346 Battle of Crecy 1348 Black Death reaches England Edward in founds Order of the Garter 1356 English victory against France at Poitiers King John of France captured, French court begins civilised imprison ment m England 1357 ^ GC a […]
CRITICISM
In some ways Chaucer started off the criticism of his own works, not least by ensuring we would know that he wrote them by including himself in his texts (e g as ’Geffrey’ m House (729) or as one of the Canterbury Pilgrims (Tales, VII 695) [109, 138]) and by listing his works (m the […]
WORK
\ \ WORK (a) SHORT VERSE In his Retraction [149], commonly printed at the end of The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer refers to ’many a song and many a leccherous lay’ which he has written over the years. While the impression of prolific output created by this phrase fits with similar phrases used for Chaucer by […]
LIFE AND CONTEXTS
m(a) CHAUCER’S BIOGRAPHY (i) Establishing dates When beginning a biographical sketch it would be pleasant to be able to start with the simple fact of the year of birth. AJas, establishing such a date in the case of Geoffrey Chaucer is no easy matter. Writing in 1803 William Godwin begins his ’dissertation upon the Period […]
INTRODUCTION
Described by Dryden in 1700 as ’the Father of English poetry’, Chaucer’s position as presiding genius of English literature has remained remarkably intact throughout the six hundred years since his death in 1400 To us he is primarily the author of The Canterbury Tales, praised for his variety of tone, his irony, his ability to […]
CONTENTS
Series editors’ preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations and referencing Introduction Parti LIFE AND CONTEXTS ” * (a) Chaucer’s biography … (i) Establishing dates (n) Family background and early years >v (m) Education l (iv) The Ulster household (v) Royal service and connections with John of Gaunt (vi) Travels to Italy »\ •> (vu) The case of Cecily […]
A complete guide to the works of Chaucer Malakand
Contents Introduction Life and Context Work Criticism Choronology Bibliography
INDEX
Abelard, Peter 78-81 Aden, John M. 165-6 Addison, Joseph 13-18, 39-40, 50, 76, 113-4, 141 Alexander, the Great 11 Allen, Ralph 39, 41-2, 44, 164, 168 Arnica’ 44, 171 Anne, Queen 9, 14, 15, 17, 19, 24, 32, 59-60, 62, 64, 126, 165-7 Arbuthnot, John 15-16, 19, 28, 37, 110-12, 116 Aristotle 12, 13, 52, […]
CHRONOLOGY
* 1692 1694 1696 1698 1700 1701 1702 1705 1706 1707 1709 1711 1712 1713 Xus.s; 1714 1715 1716 1717 Alexander Pope (AP) born in London (21 May); James II flees to France. William and Mary offered English crown; war declared on France. AP’s family move to Hammersmith. Death of Queen Mary. AP taught by […]