Historians on Chaucer: The "General Prologue" to the "Canterbury Tales"

Author / Editor
Rigby, Stephen H., ed., with the assistance of Alastair J. Minnis.

Title
Historians on Chaucer: The "General Prologue" to the "Canterbury Tales"

Published
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.

Physical Description
v, 503 pp.

Description
Interdisciplinary collection of essays by medieval historians showcasing how application of social, economic, political, religious, and historical frameworks illuminates interpretation of CT. Surveys current debates over social meaning of Chaucer's work. Each chapter discusses one of Chaucer's pilgrims. For the twenty-six individual essays, search for Historians on Chaucer under Alternative Title.

Contributor
Minnis, Alastair J., ed.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales