First published in 1990, 'Chaucer and the Social Contest' focuses on three crucial fields of contention: the division of social duties into the three estates, the controversies around Wycliffite thought and practice, and the roles of women. Series: Routledge Revivals. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390. . 2011. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Chaucer and the Social Contest (Routledge Revivals)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415616034
ISBN 13: 9780415616034
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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First published in 1990, Chaucer and the Social Contest takes a fresh view of The Canterbury Tales, by placing the storytelling contest among the Canterbury pilgrims within the larger social contests in the changing England of the late fourteenth century. The author focuses on three crucial fields of contention: the division of social duties into the three estates, the controversies around Wycliffite thought and practice, and the roles of women. Drawing on recent literary theory, particularly Bakhtin and Foucault, Peggy Knapp offers both a reading of nearly all the tales and an argument about how such readings come about, both for Chaucer’s earliest audiences and for us.

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