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\nrosalyn rossignol  \nCritical Companion to Chaucer: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work  \nCopyright © 2006 by rosalyn rossignol  \nall rights reserved. no part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact:  \nFacts on File, inc.  \nan imprint of infobase Publishing  \n132 West 31st street  \nnew york ny 10001  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nrossignol, rosalyn.  \nCritical companion to Chaucer : a literary reference to his life and work / rosalyn rossignol.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nincludes bibliographical references and index. isBn 0-8160-6193-9 (acid-free paper)  \n1. Chaucer, geoffrey, d. 1400—Encyclopedias. 2. Poets, English—Middle English, 1100–1500—Biography—Encyclopedias. 3. great Britain—History— 14th century—Biography—Encyclopedias. 4. Civilization, Medieval, in literature—Encyclopedias. i. Title.  \nPr1903.r673 2006 821'. 1—dc22 2006000099  \nFacts on File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our special sales Department in new york at (212) 967-8800 or  \n(800) 322-8755.  \nyou can find Facts on File on the World Wide Web at [http://www.factsonfile.com](http://www.factsonfile.com)  \nText design by Erika K. arroyo Cover design by Cathy rincon/anastasia Plé  \nPrinted in the United states of america VB Hermitage 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on acid-free paper.  \nContents  \nintroduction vii Part i: Biography 1  \nPart ii: Works a–Z 13  \nPart iii: related People, Places, and Topics 307  \nPart iV: appendices 609  \nChronology of Chaucer’s life with significant Historical and literary Events 611  \nlist of Works by Chaucer 614  \nThe Canterbury Highway 615  \nBibliography 616  \nindex 621  \nIntroduCtIon  \nThis book, Critical Companion to Chaucer,  \nsome respects a revision of my Chaucer A  \nis in  \nto Z,  \npublished in 1999. specifically, all of the material that was contained in that book, with some corrections, appears here. What makes this book different and, i believe, more useful, are the important additions described below as well as the book’s overall reorganization. Chaucer A to Z, with the exception of the material in its appendices, was structured like a dictionary, with all entries in alphabetical order. Critical Companion to Chaucer is divided into three distinct parts. Part i consists entirely of an extended biographical entry on the poet and civil servant, [geoffrey Chaucer. in](geoffrey Chaucer. in) revising my previous entry on Chaucer’s life i have provided the reader with substantially more detailed information. i have also tried to be diligent in this section in distinguishing what is known to be fact from what is still doubtful and under debate by scholars in the field.  \nPart ii focuses on Chaucer’s works. Here the reader will find the same useful plot summaries and critical assessments, though the latter have been expanded considerably to include cultural topics relevant to the individual works. For instance, the revised commentary on “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”includes more specific information about the status of women in medieval society. The revised critical assessment of each tale also contains more literary and aesthetic observations, as well as feminist, new Historicist, Marxist, linguistic, and psychoanalytic readings of the works. These trends in scholar-  \nship have been included to make the volume more state-of-the-art, following current trends in undergraduate instruction, though all assessments have been written to be fully accessible to the secondary school student as well. 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