The Age of Saturn Literature and History in the Canturbury Tales |
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Author:
| Brown, Peter Butcher, Andrew |
ISBN: | 978-0-631-15351-1 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1991 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $73.95 |
Book Description:
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A conspicuous feature of The Canterbury Tales is the way Chaucer anchors general features of social upheaval in the experience of individuals, using marriage, for example, as a microcosm for larger forms of ′governance′, whether social, political or religious.
A conspicuous feature of The Canterbury Tales is the way Chaucer anchors general features of social upheaval in the experience of individuals, using marriage, for example, as a microcosm for larger forms of ′governance′, whether social, political or religious.