Smp Wife of Bath (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) - Softcover

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312111282 ISBN 13: 9780312111281

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 1995

Synopsis

This edition of Chaucer's classic tale includes a lengthy introduction to the biographical and historical context as well as five critical essays representing a variety of contemporary critical approaches and a glossary of theoretical and critical terms.

About this title

About the Author:

Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London in about 1342. He was valued highly by Edward III, who paid part of his ransom when he was captured fighting in France in 1360. He rose in royal employment, becoming a Justice of the Peace and was buried in 1400 in Westminster Abbey.

From the Inside Flap:

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400). Chaucer's works available in Penguin Classics are The Canterbury Tales, Love Visions and Troilus and Criseyde.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martin's Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0312111282
• ISBN 13: 9780312111281
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Beidler Peter G.