Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World

Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World

by Donald R. Howard
Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World

Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World

by Donald R. Howard

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Overview

In this award-winning biography, the editor of the most popular edition of The Canterbury Tales re-creates the public, private, and poetic life and times of this extraordinary man. 16-page photo insert.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780449903414
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 02/11/1989
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 676
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Donald R. Howard’s distinguished academic career began with a teaching post at Ohio State University. He was professor of English at Johns Hopkins University and also at Stanford University, where he was named Olive H. Palmer Professor of Humanities. He died in 1987.

Table of Contents

Mapsviii
Acknowledgmentsxi
Prefacexiii
Preliminary Notesxix
Part 1Into the King's Service (1342-1372)
1Memories3
2A Young Man's World41
3The Best of Times--the 1360s79
4The Wheel Turns109
5The Ear Within132
Part 2To Italy (1372-1380)
6Florence, 1373169
7To the Gatehouse200
8The House of Fame232
9Reading Boccaccio260
10Boccaccio and the Birth of Fiction283
Part 3Into Our Time (1380-1400)
11Chaucer at Forty307
12Troilus and Criseyde345
13The Worst of Times--the 1380s378
14The Canterbury Tales--the Plan Takes Shape401
15The Canterbury Tales--Making a World of Story428
16A New Age--the 1390s450
17The End of the Pilgrimage481
Chronology, Appendices, Reference Notes, and References
Chronology505
Appendix AOn Chaucer's Language513
Appendix BFurther Reading517
Appendix CThe Order of The Canterbury Tales522
Appendix DChaucer's Reputation524
Reference Notes527
References537
Index619
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