Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century, Volume 2"This volume, as its title suggests, has the two-fold purpose of attempting a re assessment of the work of our greatest medieval author and of re-surveying the writings of the fifteenth century in the light of modern scholarship. The early chapters of the book, therefore, are concerned with a study of the age of Chaucer so as to see the man and his work against the background of his times, and in a later chapter to consider his writings in more detail. Fifteen-century literature is discussed with attention to its promise as well as to its performance, and the writings of outstanding authors assessed against a wider background of changing conditions and ideas." -Publisher. |
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