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03665aam a2200457Ii 4500 001 91A50168246D11E5A97E42B6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150707010042 008 141021s2014 enka b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2014933814 020 $a 0199689547 020 $a 9780199689545 035 $a (OCoLC)899732215 040 $a EUX $b eng $e rda $c EUX $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d I3U $d MUU $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- $a e-uk--- 050 14 $a PR1924 $b .H57 2014 082 04 $a 942.04 $2 23 245 00 $a Historians on Chaucer : $b the 'general prologue' to the Canterbury tales / $c edited by Stephen H. Rigby, with the assistance of Alastair J. Minnis. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford, United Kingdom : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2014. 300 $a xx, 503 pages : $b 1 illustration ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a As literary scholars have long insisted, an interdisciplinary approach is vital if modern readers are to make sense of works of medieval literature. In particular, rather than reading the works of medieval authors as addressing us across the centuries about some timeless or ahistorical 'human condition', critics from a wide range of theoretical approaches have in recent years shown how the work of poets such as Chaucer constituted engagements with the power relations and social inequalities of their time. Yet, perhaps surprisingly, medieval historians have played little part in this 'historical turn' in the study of medieval literature. The aim of this volume is to allow historians who are experts in the fields of economic, social, political, religious, and intellectual history the chance to interpret one of the most famous works of Middle English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer's 'General Prologue' to the Canterbury Tales, in its contemporary context. Rather than resorting to traditional historical attempts to see Chaucer's descriptions of the Canterbury pilgrims as immediate reflections of historical reality or as portraits of real-life people whom Chaucer knew, the contributors to this volume have sought to show what interpretive frameworks were available to Chaucer in order to make sense of reality and how he adapted his literary and ideological inheritance so as to engage with the controversies and conflicts of his own day. Beginning with a survey of recent debates about the social meaning of Chaucer's work, the volume then discusses each of the Canterbury pilgrims in turn. Historians on Chaucer should be of interest to all scholars and students of medieval culture whether they are specialists in literature or history.--Back cover. 600 10 $a Chaucer, Geoffrey, $d -1400 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Chaucer, Geoffrey, $d -1400. $t Canterbury tales. 651 0 $a England $x Intellectual life $y 1066-1485. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y 14th century. 651 0 $a England $x Social conditions $y 1066-1485. 651 0 $a England $x Social life and customs $y 1066-1485. 600 17 $a Chaucer, Geoffrey, $d -1400. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01812213 650 7 $a Intellectual life. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00975769 650 7 $a Manners and customs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01007815 650 7 $a Social history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122498 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Rigby, S. H. $q (Stephen Henry), $d 1955- $e editor. 700 1 $a Minnis, A. J. $q (Alastair J.), $e editor. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180119065214.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826114151.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=91A50168246D11E5A97E42B6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search