Geoffrey Chaucer (Authors in Context)

• Part of the Authors in Context series within OWC, Geoffrey Chaucer is a lively, accessible, and critically topical exploration of Chaucer's work in relation to the age in which he lived, and in modern contexts such as the stage, film, and television.
• An invaluable compact and comprehensive account of Chaucer's life set against the historical and cultural events, and the underlying intellectual concepts, that had direct and indirect impact on his writing.
• Illuminates major works such as The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde by demonstrating how subjects crucial to an understanding of Chaucer's writing, such as religion, war, astrology and so on, manifest themselves in fictional form.
• Covers key aspects of the literary scene, such as patronage, audience, performance, genre and manuscript culture.
• Includes a chronology, further reading, websites, illustrations, and a comprehensive index.

Readership: Anyone interested in Chaucer and the medieval world, students from A-level upwards of English Literature and of Chaucer, medieval studies, history, and culture.

Peter Brown, Professor of Medieval English Literature, University of Kent

"expansive, fleet-footed survey of Chaucer's life and work." - Times Literary Supplement

The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer
The Social Body
The Literary Scene
Society and Politics
Intellectual Ideas
Science and Technology
New Contexts