Literary Value and Social Identity in the Canterbury Tales |
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| Author:
| Meyer-Lee, Robert J. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-70743-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2021 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.99 |
Book Description:
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Focusing on the Clerk, Merchant, Franklin and Squire sequence in The Canterbury Tales, this book explores Chaucer's meditation on the fraught relation between the value of literature and the values underlying various non-literary ways of earning a living. It will appeal to scholars and students of medieval studies.
Focusing on the Clerk, Merchant, Franklin and Squire sequence in The Canterbury Tales, this book explores Chaucer's meditation on the fraught relation between the value of literature and the values underlying various non-literary ways of earning a living. It will appeal to scholars and students of medieval studies.