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The extensively revised and expanded version of the acclaimed Companion to ChaucerAn essential text for both established scholars and those seeking to expand their knowledge of Chaucer studies, A New Companion to Chaucer is an authoritative and up-to-date survey of Chaucer scholarship. Rigorous yet accessible, this book helps readers to identify current debates, recognize historical and literary context, and to understand how particular concepts and theories affect the interpretation of Chaucers texts. Chaucer specialists from around the globe offer contributions that range from updates of long-standing scholarship on biography, language, women, and social structures, to original research in new areas such as ideology, the afterlife, patronage, and sexuality. In presenting conflicting perspectives and ideological differences, this stimulating volume encourages readers to explore additional paths of inquiry and engage in lively and informed debate.Each chapter of the Companion, organized by issues and themes, balances textual analysis and cultural context by grounding the reader in existing scholarship. Key issues from specific passages are discussed with an annotated bibliography provided for reference and further reading. Compiled with all students of Chaucer in mind, this important volume:Presents contributions from both established and emerging specialists Explores the circumstances in which Chaucer wrote, such as the political and religious issues of his time Includes numerous close readings of selected poems Provides points of entry to a wide range of approaches to Chaucers works Incorporates original research, fresh perspectives, and updated additions to Chaucer scholarship A New Companion to Chaucer is a valuable and enduring resource for scholars, teachers, and students of medieval literature and medieval studies, as well as the general reader interested in interpretations and historical contexts of Chaucers writings.

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  8. Chapter 25
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A NEW COMPANION TO Chaucer

EDITED BY

PETER BROWN

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This edition first published 2019
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Names: Brown, Peter, 1948 editor.
Title: A new companion to Chaucer / edited by Peter Brown.
Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2019. | Series: Blackwell companions to literature and culture | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018059853 (print) | LCCN 2018059951 (ebook) | ISBN 9781118902240 (Adobe PDF) | ISBN 9781118902233 (ePub) | ISBN 9781118902257 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Chaucer, Geoffrey, 1400Criticism and interpretationHandbooks, manuals, etc. | Literature and societyEnglandHistoryTo 1500. | Civilization, Medieval, in literature. | EnglandIntellectual life10661485. | EnglandCivilization10661485.
Classification: LCC PR1906.5 (ebook) | LCC PR1906.5 .N49 2019 (print) | DDC 821/.1dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018059853

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Cover Image: Manuscript and Chaucer portrait/Lebrecht Authors/Bridgeman Images

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Chaucers family tree: The Progenie of Geffrey Chaucer from Thomas Speghts edition of Chaucers Works (1598). [Oxford, Bodleian Library.]
Zodiac man. From the Apocalypse of St. John. London, Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, Western MS 49, f. 43v (c. 1420?). [Wellcome Trust Medical Photographic Library.]
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