Chaucer and the Subject of History

by Lee Patterson

Book Overview

Renowned scholar of medieval literature, Lee Patterson, presents a compelling vision of the shape and direction of Geoffrey Chaucer's entire career in Chaucer and the Subject of History.
Chaucer's interest in individuality was strikingly modern. At the same time he was profoundly aware of the pressures on individuality exerted by the past and by society--by history. This tension between the subject and history is Patterson's topic. He...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299128342
• ISBN13: 9780299128340
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"