Rebels and Rivals: The Contestive Spirit in the Canterbury Tales (Studies in Medieval Culture, Band 29) - Softcover

 
9780918720429: Rebels and Rivals: The Contestive Spirit in the Canterbury Tales (Studies in Medieval Culture, Band 29)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0918720427 ISBN 13: 9780918720429
Verlag: Medieval Institute Publications, 1991

Inhaltsangabe

Strife occurs everywhere among characters in The Canterbury Tales, in the stories as well as the links between them. Characters seem always ready to dispute, contradict, declaim, and contend about almost anything. A competitive spirit suffuses the work, from the tale-telling among pilgrims and the personal rivalries that develop on the pilgrimage to the conflicts, beguilings, and one-uppings that go on in the tales. By understanding the rivalries of the Canterbury world, we may then recognize why Chaucer so insists on the individuality of the characters he creates, why so many characters (rightly or wrongly) resist structures, and why they challenge or reject social dogmas, often overturning them. The essays that make up this collection offer several provocative interpretations of the rivalrous and rebellious spirits that inhabit the worlds of Chaucer's tales. The volume is intended for the dedicated teacher of Chaucer as well as for the specialist in medieval English studies. As Chaucer's poem displays the contestive spirit of human affairs, so the collective spirit of these essays reflects vigorous debate and multi-faceted challenge.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Susanna Fein is professor of English and coordinator of the Arts and Sciences minor in Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies at Kent State University. David Raybin is a professor of English at Eastern Illinois University, who has published extensively on the works of Chaucer. Derek Pearsall is a prominent Chaucerian scholar and professor emeritus of Harvard University.

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Verlag
Medieval Institute Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
1991
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0918720427
ISBN 13 
9780918720429
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
293
Herausgeber
Fein Susanna Greer, Raybin David, Braeger Peter C.
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