This handbook addresses Chaucer's poetry in the context of several disciplines, including late medieval philosophy and science, Mediterranean culture, comparati

The study of medieval literature has experienced a revolution in the last two decades, which has reinvigorated many parts of the discipline and changed the shap

"This text combines general essays and contextual information with detailed readings of specific Chaucerian texts. The volume is divided into five parts - 'Hist

A defining volume of essays in which leading international scholars apply an interdisciplinary approach to the long and evolving relationship between English Li

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