Chaucer

George H. Cowling

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9780429869006
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

First Published in 1927, this volume provides a discourse on both the literary works of Chaucer, as well as Chaucer as a person, considering his mythology, and the various roles he fulfilled throughout his life.

Index

A.B.C., The, 53, 54, 57, 95, 105

Adam, his own Scriveyne, To, 53, 54

Alanus de Insulis, 125

Albertano of Brescia, 162, 173

Aldgate, 19, 22, 24, 27, 134

Anelida, Compiainte of, 17, 41, 53, 54, 65, 76, 108-109

Angoulême, Sir Guiscard, 21

Anne of Bohemia, 3, 25, 35, 58, 59, 122, 123, 134

Astrolabe, The, 8, 31, 51, 54

Bailly, Harry, 151, 153

Bale, John, 4

Ballades, 185

Ballard, Gregory, 31, 32

Beauchamp, Sir William, 23, 111

Beaufort, Henry, 13 note, 18

Benoît de Ste. More, 114, 115

Berkeley, Sir Edward, 22

Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, 14, 56, 95, 105

Boccaccio, 17, 65, 100-102, 108, 113, 116, 128, 139, 154, 155, 162

Boece, 49, 54, 55, 56, 66, 98

Boëthius, 8, 50, 79, 89, 95-99, 123, 186

Bolingbroke, Henry, 18, 27, 33, 35, 36, 37

Book of the Duchess, The, 15, 42, 49, 50, 54, 55, 56, 57, 67, 76, 88, 93

Book of the Lion, The, 49, 50, 54

Brember, Sir Nicholas, 20, 27, 28

Buckton, Envoy to, 41, 42, 53, 54, 186

Burley, Sir John, 21

Burley, Sir Simon, 27

Canon's Yeoman's Tale, The, 277

Canterbury Tales, The, 31, 39, 41, 43, 49, 50, 54, 55, 56, 64, 70, 101, 136-180

Cento Novelle Antiche, 137, 166

Charles d'Orleans, 37, 183

Chartier, Alain, 5, 42

Chaucerian stanza, The, 67-69, 102, 206

Chaucer, Geoffrey:

at court, 14, 75

biography, 6-39

Clerk of Embassies, 21, 22

Clerk of the Works, 28, 29, 30

Controller of Customs, 20, 25, 26

early lives of, 4-6

his "retractions," 48, 127, 143

in France, 5, 10-11

Italian journeys, 17

Justice ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Original Title
• Dedication
• Contents
• I. THE LIFE OF CHAUCER
• II. THE CANON AND CHRONOLOGY OF CHAUCER'S WRITINGS
• III. THE SCHOLAR
• IV. THE POET
• V. THE NOVELIST
• VI. CHAUCER'S STYLE AND CHARACTER
• APPENDIX I—THE LANGUAGE AND METRE OF CHAUCER
• APPENDIX II—A SHORT LIST OF CHAUCER MANUSCRIPTS
• APPENDIX III—BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX