The Social and Literary Scene in England

Author / Editor
Strohm, Paul.

Title
The Social and Literary Scene in England

Published
Piero Boitani and Jill Mann, eds. The Cambridge Chaucer Companion (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986), pp. 1-18.

Description
Discusses the hierarchical but interdependent social structure of fourteenth-century England, Chaucer's social position and civil career, fourteenth-century literacy, and the "immediate circle" to whom Chaucer's works may be addressed.

Alternative Title
The Cambridge Chaucer Companion.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.