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Author : Durant Waite Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (695 download)
Download or read book A Preface to Chaucer written by Durant Waite Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Durant Waite Robertson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400876117
Total Pages : 631 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book A Preface to Chaucer written by Durant Waite Robertson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What were the medieval stylistic, aesthetic, and literary conventions that Chancer drew upon and knew that his audience would understand? In this rich study Mr. Robertson has included 118 illustrations-of medieval sculpture, cathedral interiors, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, ornamental devices and decorations-to show how these conventions affected the visual arts of Chaucer's time. Special attention is directed to fundamental differences between medieval and modern attitudes toward poetry, and to the significance of these differences for an approach to medieval art. By placing Chaucer fully in his own time, Mr. Robertson establishes new perspectives for understanding Chaucer’s poetry. His book is like a rich tapestry weaving together many threads. Originally published in 1962. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Durant Waite Robertson (Jr.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 607 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (123 download)
Download or read book A Preface to Chaucer written by Durant Waite Robertson (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Durant W. Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (176 download)
Download or read book A Preface to Chaucer written by Durant W. Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. W. Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780758157652
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (576 download)
Download or read book A Preface to Chaucer written by D. W. Robertson and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Durant White Robertson
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)
Download or read book A Preface to Chaucer written by Durant White Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069122465X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Pomegranates and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales written by and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of magical Italian folk and fairy tales—most in English for the first time The Pomegranates and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales presents twenty magical stories published between 1875 and 1914, following Italy’s political unification. In those decades of political and social change, folklorists collected fairy tales from many regions of the country while influential writers invented original narratives in standard Italian, drawing on traditional tales in local dialects, and translated others from France. This collection features a range of these entertaining jewels from such authors as Carlo Collodi, most celebrated for the novel Pinocchio, and Domenico Comparetti, regarded as the Italian Grimm, to Grazia Deledda, the only Italian woman to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature. With one exception, all of these tales are appearing in English for the first time. The stories in this volume are linked by themes of metamorphosis: a man turns into a lion, a dove, and an ant; a handsome youth emerges from a pig’s body; and three lovely women rise out of the rinds of pomegranates. There are also more introspective transformations: a self-absorbed princess learns about manners, a melancholy prince finds joy again, and a complacent young woman discovers gratitude. Cristina Mazzoni provides a comprehensive introduction that situates the tales in their cultural and historical context. The collection also includes period illustrations and biographical notes about the authors. Filled with adventures, supernatural and fantastic events, and brave and flawed protagonists, The Pomegranates and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales will delight, surprise, and astonish.
Author : Tison Pugh
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813048354
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer written by Tison Pugh and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoffrey Chaucer is widely considered the father of English literature. This introduction begins with a review of his life and the cultural milieu of fourteenth-century England and then expands into analyses of such major works as The Parliament of Fowls, Troilus and Criseyde, and, of course, the Canterbury Tales, examining them alongside a selection of lesser known verses.
Author : Alastair Minnis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316123723
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Introduction to Chaucer written by Alastair Minnis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoffrey Chaucer is the best-known and most widely read of all medieval British writers, famous for his scurrilous humour and biting satire against the vices and absurdities of his age. Yet he was also a poet of passionate love, sensitive to issues of gender and sexual difference, fascinated by the ideological differences between the pagan past and the Christian present, and a man of science, knowledgeable in astronomy, astrology and alchemy. This concise book is an ideal starting point for study of all his major poems, particularly The Canterbury Tales, to which two chapters are devoted. It offers close readings of individual texts, presenting various possibilities for interpretation, and includes discussion of Chaucer's life, career, historical context and literary influences. An account of the various ways in which he has been understood over the centuries leads into an up-to-date, annotated guide to further reading.
Author : D. S. Brewer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317895363
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book A New Introduction to Chaucer written by D. S. Brewer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new introduction to Chaucer has been radically rewritten since the previous edition which was published in 1984. The book is a controversial and modern restatement of some of the traditional views on Chaucer, and seeks to present a rounded introduction to his life, cultural setting and works. Professor Brewer takes into account recent literary criticism, both challenging new ideas and using them in his analysis of Chaucer's work. Above all, there is a strong emphasis on leading the reader to understand and enjoy the poetry and prose, and to try to understand Chaucer's values which are often seen to oppose modern principles. A New Introduction to Chaucer is the result of Derek Brewer's distinguished career spanning fifty years of research and study of Chaucer and contemporary scholarship and criticism. New interpretations of many of the poems are presented including a detailed account of the Book of the Duchess. Derek Brewer's fresh and narrative style of writing will appeal to all who are interested in Chaucer, from sixth-form and undergraduate students who are new to Chaucer's work through to more advanced students and lecturers.
Author : John Dryden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Preface to the Fables written by John Dryden and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David B. Raybin
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271035673
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Chaucer written by David B. Raybin and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eleven essays that explore how modern scholarship interprets Chaucer's writings"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Temporary Preface to the Six-text Edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : S.S. Hussey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000681300
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Chaucer: An Introduction written by S.S. Hussey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1981, this second edition built on the success of the first which had established itself as a standard introduction to the poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer. It shows Chaucer not only in the context of his own age, but, more important, as a writer and a man who is still vivid to us so many years later. As well as examining the early poems, Troilus and Criseyde, and The Canterbury Tales the author gives a thorough account of Chaucer's background. He examines the traditions in which he wrote, his audience, and his position among his contemporaries. The second edition was updated throughout and included a number of revisions and additions, in particular on the second part of the Roman de la Rose and on The Knight's Tale.
Author : John H. Pratt
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780761815884
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (158 download)
Download or read book Chaucer and War written by John H. Pratt and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2000 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Chaucer and War, John Pratt studies Chaucer's attitude toward the warfare of his age and how his major poetry reflects this attitude. Using biographical information, reliable fourteenth-century sources, and Chaucer's own writings, Pratt explores Chaucer's use of war through such works as the Knight's Tale, the Squire's Tale, and Troilus and Criseyde. Pratt gives an overview of the military picture during Chaucer's time, examines Chaucer's knowledge of military weapons and his use of this knowledge in his poetry, and evaluates the poetry based on references, word usage, and historical context among others. Pratt concludes that Chaucer, despite his English-Christian perspective, was a writer who knew a good deal about warfare on a global scale, and supported warfare when he felt the cause was just. A strikingly unique perspective from the current evaluations of Chaucer's work, Chaucer and War will be of value to students and scholars of Chaucer and medieval history and literature, as well as those with an interest in the Middle Ages.
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter G. Beidler
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476618283
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The Lives of the Milleräó»s Tale written by Peter G. Beidler and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his Miller’s Tale, Chaucer transformed a colorless Middle Dutch account into the lively, dramatic story of raunchy Nicholas, sexy Alison, foolish John and squeamish Absolon. This book focuses on the ways Chaucer made his narrative more effective through dialogue, scene division, music, visual effects and staging. The author pays special attention to the description of John the carpenter’s house, the suspension of the three tubs from the beams, and the famous shot-window through which the story’s bawdy climax is enacted. The book’s second half covers more than 30 of the tale’s retellings—translations, adaptations, bowdlerized versions for children, coloring books, novels, musicals, plays and films—and examines the ways the retellers have followed Chaucer in dramatizing the story, giving it new life on stage and screen. The Miller’s Tale has had many lives—it promises to have many more.
