The life of Geoffrey Chaucer : a critical biography / Derek Pearsall.
The life of Geoffrey Chaucer : a critical biography / Derek Pearsall.
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Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1992.
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1992.
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T0365419
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English
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xii, 365 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Introduction: Writing a Life of Chaucer -- 1. Beginnings: c. 1340-1360. The Date of Chaucer's Birth. Parentage. Life in London. The Black Death. Chaucer's Education; Chaucer's Latin. Chaucer in Service as a Page. Chaucer's Service as a Valettus; the Campaign of 1359-1360. Chaucer and War -- 2. Early...
4. Fame: 1380-1386. Chaucer's Public Life, 1380-1386. Cecily Champain; Chaucer and Women; Philippa Chaucer. The Peasants' Revolt; Chaucer's Political Views. 'Palamon and Arcite'. The Translation of Boethius; the 'Boethian' Poems. Troilus and Criseyde -- 5. Reversals, New Beginnings: 1386-1391. Chauc...
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Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1992.
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England
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1992.
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The life of Geoffrey Chaucer : a critical biography / Derek Pearsall.
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Blackwell critical biographies ; 1.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-348) and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from 821.1/C496.1/148.
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T0365419
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1557862052
9781557866653 (pbk)
1557866651 (pbk)
9781557862051 (alk. paper)
1557862052 (alk. paper)
9781557862051
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821.1
8211
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991018815709702626
