The Social and Literary Scene in England
- Author / Editor
- Strohm, Paul.
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.