Rethinking Chaucer's Legend of Good Women

by Carolyn P. Collette

The Legend of Good Women has perhaps not always had the appreciation or attention it deserves. Here, it is read as one of Chaucer's major texts, a thematically and artistically sophisticated work whose veneer of transparency and narrow focus masks a vital inquiry into basic questions of value, moderation, and sincerity in late medieval culture. The volume places Chaucer within several literary contexts, including narratives centred in women's choices...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903153492
• ISBN13: 9781903153499
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: York Medieval Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"