Geoffrey Chaucer: A Very Short Introduction
David Wallace
Geoffrey Chaucer: A Very Short Introduction
David Wallace
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Covering Geoffrey Chaucer's life and work, David Wallace considers the influence and enduring appeal of his body of writing, explores the wide ranging geography and iconic characters in his stories, and discusses how Chaucer's own experiences contributed to his literature.
Review from previous edition Prof. Wallace has produced a superb introduction: an adroit, authoritative, fresh, energetic delight.
This is a book which shows up everything you thought you knew about Chaucer, but didn't, and has a knack of making you want to find out even more.
This smart and attractive little book is a very quick read, and Wallace's conversational style has warm appeal.
Showing a solid command of history, Wallace provides fascinating analyses of Chaucer's personal and literary evolution. He is a master of his subject, insightful and provocative throughout.
A thoroughly fresh engagement...which gives us Chaucer as a writer of his moment wide open to the future and the world.
Along with its other mind-broadening features, this introduction offers a timely reminder that Chaucer benefited from a Europe-wide perspective and continues to evoke creative responses across cultures and borders.
David Wallace studied at York and Cambridge. Currently Judith Rodin Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, he has held visiting positions at Jerusalem, Melbourne, London, and Princeton. He has served as President of the New Chaucer Society, is currently Second Vice President of the Medieval Academy of America, and has made a series of documentaries for BBC Radio 3. He most recently published Europe: A Literary History, 1348-1418 (2016) and Strong Women (2012), both with OUP.
Review from previous edition Prof. Wallace has produced a superb introduction: an adroit, authoritative, fresh, energetic delight.
This is a book which shows up everything you thought you knew about Chaucer, but didn't, and has a knack of making you want to find out even more.
This smart and attractive little book is a very quick read, and Wallace's conversational style has warm appeal.
Showing a solid command of history, Wallace provides fascinating analyses of Chaucer's personal and literary evolution. He is a master of his subject, insightful and provocative throughout.
A thoroughly fresh engagement...which gives us Chaucer as a writer of his moment wide open to the future and the world.
Along with its other mind-broadening features, this introduction offers a timely reminder that Chaucer benefited from a Europe-wide perspective and continues to evoke creative responses across cultures and borders.
David Wallace studied at York and Cambridge. Currently Judith Rodin Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, he has held visiting positions at Jerusalem, Melbourne, London, and Princeton. He has served as President of the New Chaucer Society, is currently Second Vice President of the Medieval Academy of America, and has made a series of documentaries for BBC Radio 3. He most recently published Europe: A Literary History, 1348-1418 (2016) and Strong Women (2012), both with OUP.