The structure of the Canterbury Tales / Helen Cooper
1983, 1st edition. London : Duckworth. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #425894
ISBN: 0715617184
Physical description; 256p ; 25cm. Notes; Bibliography: p245-251. Includes index. Contents; 1. The genre of the story-collection -- 2. The ordering of the 'Canterbury tales' -- 3. An encyclopaedia of kinds -- 4. An opening : the 'Knight's tale' -- 5. Links within the fragments -- 6. Themes and variations -- 7. A multiple conclusion. Subjects; Chaucer, Geoffrey -1400. Chaucer, Geoffrey -1400. Canterbury tales. Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature. Rhetoric, Medieval. English literature Poetry Middle Ages Criticism and interpretation. Poetry Middle English, 1100-1500 Structure.
Price: €14.95