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03875aam a2200517 i 4500 001 3FDA3F74072811ED93C2E7E557ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220719010102 008 191025t20202020miuaf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019048371 020 $a 0472131877 020 $a 9780472131877 035 $a (OCoLC)1107359637 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BNG $d J9U $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR1933.S63 $b S73 2020 082 00 $a 821/.1 $2 23 100 1 $a Staley, Lynn, $d 1947- $e author. 245 10 $a Following Chaucer : $b offices of the active life / $c Lynn Staley. 264 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b University of Michigan Press, $c 2020. 300 $a 218 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : $b color illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Following Chaucer: Offices of the Active Life explores three representative figures-the royal woman, the poet, and the merchant-in relation to the concept of "office," which Cicero linked to the health of the republic, but Chaucer to that of the common good. Not usually conjoined to the term "office," these three figures, situated in the active life, were not firmly mapped onto the body politic, which was used to figure a relational and ordered social body ruled by the king, the head. These figures are points of entry into a set of questions rooted in Chaucer's understanding of his cultural and historical past and in his keen appraisal of the social dynamics of his own time that also reverberate in the centuries after Chaucer's death. Following Chaucer does not trace influence but uses Chaucer's likely reading, circumstances, and literary and social affiliations as guides to understanding his poetry, within the context of late medieval English culture and the reshaping of the concept of these particular offices that suited the needs of a future whose dynamics he anticipated. His understanding of the importance of the Ciceronian concept of office within the active life, his profound cultural awareness, and his probing of the foundations of social change provide him with a keen sense of the persistent tensions and inconsistencies that are fundamental to his poetry"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : Offices of the Active Life -- Anne of Bohemia : queenship and office -- Chaucer and the Trinity : Why it matters -- Chaucer and merchant narratives -- Epilogue 600 10 $a Chaucer, Geoffrey, $d -1400 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 00 $a Anne, $c Queen, consort of Richard II, King of England, $d 1366-1394 $x In literature. 600 07 $a Anne, $c Queen, consort of Richard II, King of England, $d 1366-1394. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00285871 600 17 $a Chaucer, Geoffrey, $d -1400. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01812213 648 7 $a 1100-1500 $2 fast 650 0 $a Social role in literature. 650 0 $a Queens in literature. 650 0 $a Trinity in literature. 650 0 $a Merchants in literature. 650 0 $a English poetry $y Middle English, 1100-1500 $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a English poetry $x Middle English. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710964 650 7 $a Literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999953 650 7 $a Merchants in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01017074 650 7 $a Queens in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01085651 650 7 $a Social role in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122864 650 7 $a Trinity in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01156789 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Staley, Lynn, 1947- $t Following Chaucer $d Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2020. $z 9780472126620 $w (DLC) 2019048372 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117031801.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718100121.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3FDA3F74072811ED93C2E7E557ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search