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Chaucer and the Universe of Learning
Language: en
Pages: 280
Authors: Ann W. Astell
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Astell examines the conventions of medieval learning familiar to Chaucer and discovers in two related topical outlines, those of the seven planets and of the di
Chaucer's Agents
Language: en
Pages: 388
Authors: Carolynn Van Dyke
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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Chaucer's Agents draws on medieval and modern theories of agency to provide fresh readings of the major Chaucerian texts. Collectively, those readings aim to il
Wisdom and Chivalry
Language: en
Pages: 348
Authors: Stephen Rigby
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-30 - Publisher: BRILL

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The Knight's Tale is one of the most controversial of all the Canterbury Tales. Does Chaucer portray Theseus, the duke of Athens whose actions dominate the tale
Chaucer's Philosophical Visions
Language: en
Pages: 200
Authors: Kathryn L. Lynch
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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New readings of Chaucer's dream visions, demonstrating his philosophical interests and learning.
Historians on John Gower
Language: en
Pages: 570
Authors: Stephen Rigby
Categories: Great Britain
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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The late fourteenth century was the age of the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War, the deposition of Richard II, the papal schism and the