Chaucer and Medieval Estates Satire: The Literature of Social Classes and the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

Jill Mann

Published by University Press, Cambridge, 1973

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A very smart copy of Jill Mann's first publication, being an attempt to discover the origins of the General Prologue to the 'Canterbury Tales'. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding.A literary study of Geoffrey Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales, specifically with the aim to discover the origins and significance of the General Prologue.From scholar Jill Mann, who is noted for her work on medieval literature, particularly Middle English and Medieval Latin.In this work, Mann examines medieval satire on the 'estates' or classes of society written in Latin, French and English within the period 1100-1400. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. With a small mark to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only a mark to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed. Seller Inventory # 931Y71

Bibliographic Details

Title: Chaucer and Medieval Estates Satire: The ...

Publisher: University Press, Cambridge

Publication Date: 1973

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Condition: Very Good Indeed

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book