Chaucer and the imagery of narrative : the first five Canterbury tales / V.A. Kolve
1984, 1st edition. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #426763
ISBN: 0713164123
Physical description; xiv, 551 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-534) and index. Contents; Three notes to the reader -- Abbreviations of Chaucer's works -- Introduction -- Audience and image: some Medieval hypotheses -- Chaucerian aesthetic: the image in the poem -- The knight's tale and its settings: the prison/garden and the tournament amphitheatre -- The miller's tale: nature, youth, and Nowell's flood -- The reeve's prologue and tale: death-as-tapster and the horse unbridled -- The cook's tale and the man of law's introduction: crossing the Hengwrt/Ellesmere Gap -- The man of law's tale: the rudderless ship and the sea -- Conclusion. Subjects; Chaucer, Geoffrey -1400. Canterbury tales. Chaucer, Geoffrey -1400 Symbolism. Trinity College (Cambridge) Library Manuscript. Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey). To 1500. Geschichte 1300-1500. Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature. Narration (Rhetoric) History To 1500. Art, Medieval Themes, motives. Art and literature England. Rhetoric, Medieval. Figures of speech. Narration (Rhetoric). Art and literature. Narration.
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