Chaucerian Conflict : Languages of Antagonism in Late Fourteenth-Century London.
Title:
Chaucerian Conflict : Languages of Antagonism in Late Fourteenth-Century London.
Author:
Turner, Marion.
ISBN:
9780191525933
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (224 pages)
Series:
Oxford English Monographs
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction: Chaucerian Conflict -- 1. Discursive Turbulence: Slander, the House of Fame, and the Mercers' Petition -- 2. Urban Treason: Troilus and Criseyde and the 'Treasonous Aldermen' of 1382 -- 3. Idealism and Antagonism: Troynovaunt in the Late Fourteenth Century -- 4. Ricardian Communities: Thomas Usk's Social Fantasies -- 5. Conflicted Compaignyes: The Canterbury Fellowship and Urban Associational Form -- 6. Conflict Resolved?: The Language of Peace and Chaucer's 'Tale of Melibee' -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
This book offers a completely new reading of Chaucer. While most critics have seen his work as essentially socially optimistic and congenial, Marion Turner argues that Chaucer was profoundly concerned with conflict and social antagonism. Chaucer's texts are examined alongside a wide variety of poetry and historical documents from the period.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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