English Medieval Literature and Its Social Foundations.
- Author / Editor
- Schlauch, Margaret.
English Medieval Literature and Its Social Foundations.
- Published
- New York: Cooper Square, 1971. Originally published in Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1956.
- Physical Description
- xvi, 366 pp.; 34 b&w illus.
- Description
- Surveys the literatures of medieval England, with emphasis on origins, multilingualism, feudalism, developmental transitions, dominant themes, and social, political, and religious contexts. Includes chapters on the contemporaries of Chaucer, Chaucer's life and early works (through TC), and his CT (arranged by genre), with a section on his place as a writer and thinker that summarizes tensions among his conformity, his asceticism, and his "conspicuous" and "abounding love of life and of people."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Chaucer's Life