Product Description

"Chaucer - A Beginner's Guide" introduces you to the life and works of this eminent and prolific writer. By exploring some of his major works the writer shows the relevance of Chaucer today and helps you to develop your own responses to the poetry. Catherine Richardson's informative text includes the exploration of: how to read the poems in the form in which Chaucer wrote them; why Chaucer was so important to the development of English poetry; Chaucer's poetry of warfare and chivalry; and, How the critics of Chaucer can help us to understand his work.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1216914 in Books
• Published on: 2001-11-30
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 90 pages

About the Author
Catherine Richardson is a lecturer in Medieval Literature at the University of Kent, England.