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The Complete Critical Guide to Geoffrey Chaucer is part of a unique series of comprehensive, user-friendly introductions which:  \n• offer basic information on an author’s life, contexts and works  \n• outline the major critical issues surrounding the author’s works, from the time they were written to the present  \n• leave judgements up to you, by explaining the full range of often very different critical views and interpretations  \n• offer guides to further reading in each area discussed.  \nThis series has a broad focus but one very clear aim: to equip you with all the knowledge you need to make your own new readings of crucial literary texts.  \n‘This book is ideal for students beginning the study of Chaucer. It covers all the important information and offers valuable guidance, while prompting further thought and providing jumping-off points for this.’  \nJocelyn Wogan-Browne, Fordham University, USA  \n‘Remarkably successful as an introduction to Chaucer for new readers of any age.’Derek Pearsall, formerly of Harvard University, USA and  \nYork University, UK  \nGillian Rudd is a Lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool. She is the author of Managing Language in ‘Piers Plowman’(1992) and of numerous articles on medieval literature.  \nTHE COMPLETE CRITICAL GUIDE TO ENGLISH LITERATURE  \nSeries Editors  \nRICHARD BRADFORD AND JAN JEDRZEJEWSKI  \nAlso available in this series:  \nThe Complete Critical Guide to Samuel Beckett David Pattie  \nThe Complete Critical Guide to John Milton Richard Bradford  \nThe Complete Critical Guide to Alexander Pope Paul Baines  \nForthcoming:  \nThe Complete Critical Guide to Robert Browning  \nThe Complete Critical Guide to Charles Dickens  \nThe Complete Critical Guide to Ben Jonson  \nThe Complete Critical Guide to D. H. Lawrence  \nThe Complete Critical Guide to William Wordsworth  \nVisit the website of The Complete Critical Guide to English Literature for further information and an updated list of [titles](titles www.literature.routledge.com/criticalguides)[ www.literature.routledge.com/criticalguides](titles www.literature.routledge.com/criticalguides)  \nTHE COMPLETE CRITICAL GUIDE TO GEOFFREY CHAUCER  \nGillian Rudd  \nLondon and New York  \nFirst published 2001  \nby Routledge  \n11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE  \nSimultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge  \n29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.  \n“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of [eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk](eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk).”  \n© 2001 Gillian Rudd  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data  \nA catalog record for this book has been applied for ISBN 0-203-99586-4 Master e-book ISBN  \nISBN 0-415-20241-8 (hbk)  \nISBN 0-415-20242-6 (pbk)  \nCONTENTS  \nSeries editors’preface ix  \nAcknowledgements x  \nAbbreviations and referencing xi  \nIntroduction 1  \nPart I LIFE AND CONTEXTS 2  \n(a) Chaucer’s biography 2  \n(i) Establishing dates 2  \n(ii) Family background and early years ","cbCaiqt30AYI17wm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqt30AYI17wm","pdf",1528885,139,"English","# Series editors’preface\n# Introduction\n# Part I LIFE AND CONTEXTS\n## Chaucer’s biography\n## Social, literary and historical contexts\n# Part II WORK","[{\"question\":\"What is the book’s primary goal for readers studying Chaucer?\",\"answer\":\"It aims to equip readers with the knowledge needed to make their own new readings of crucial literary texts, while presenting a broad range of critical perspectives.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the guide include in its treatment of Chaucer?\",\"answer\":\"It covers Chaucer’s life and contexts and outlines major critical issues, spanning the period from when works were written to the present.\"},{\"question\":\"Which kinds of works are discussed in the book’s section on his writing?\",\"answer\":\"It surveys Chaucer’s short verse, dream poems, non-fiction prose, and key narrative texts and collections, including major tale sequences.\"}]","THE COMPLETE CRITICAL GUIDE TO GEOFFREY CHAUCER | PDF",1789949292,214]