Chaucer at Oxford and at Cambridge
- Author / Editor
- Bennett, J. A W.
Chaucer at Oxford and at Cambridge
- Published
- Oxford: Clarendon, 1974.
- Physical Description
- [ix], 131 pp.; 3 b&w illus.
- Description
- A series of studies that focus on Chaucer's clerks, particularly their university backgrounds and the social conditions that serve as backdrop to their activities. Includes four sections: "Life and Learning in Rolls and Records," "Town and Gown," "The Men of Merton," and "A Jolly Miller," with extended discussion of MilT, RvT, and WBP, and commentary on Chaucer's learning and the scholars he knew. Also includes notes and three appendices: "Poor Scholars," "Mills and Milling," and "Merton and Cambridge."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Miller and His Tale
- Reeve and His Tale
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
- Chaucer's Life