Title:
Chaucer : his life, his works, his world
JLCTITLE245:
Donald R. Howard.
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Dutton, ©1987.
Physical Description:
xix, 636 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9780525244004
General Note:
Maps on lining papers.
"A William Abrahams book."
Abstract:
"A William Abrahams book." A biography of the English poet focusing on the map, the poet, and the age in which he lived.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Corporate Author:
Additional Physical Form Available:
Also issued online.
Contents:
Into the King's Service (1342-1372) -- Memories -- A Young Man's World -- The Best of Times--the 1360s -- The Wheel Turns -- The Ear Within -- To Italy (1372-1380) -- Florence, 1373 -- To the Gatehouse -- The House of Fame -- Reading Boccaccio -- Boccaccio and the Birth of Fiction -- Into Our Time (1380-1400) -- Chaucer at Forty -- Troilus and Criseyde -- The Worst of Times--the 1380s -- The Canterbury Tales--the Plan Takes Shape -- The Canterbury Tales--Making a World of Story -- A New Age--the 1390s -- The End of the Pilgrimage -- The Order of The Canterbury Tales -- Chaucer's Reputation.