The Poetry of Chaucer

by John Gardner

Book Overview

The Poetry of Chaucer offers a reading of his poetry harmonious with the charac­ter of Chaucer as his own age knew and understood him. This new work by John Gardner is designed to comple­ment his biography of Chaucer being published by Alfred A. Knopf.

The Poetry of Chaucer is not simply one more sensitive reading of the poet's work, nor is it, simply, a modern writ­er's comment on the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809307723
• ISBN13: 9780809307722
• Release Date: March 1977
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"