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Richard Schoeck (1920–2008)

Author of Chaucer Criticism: The Canterbury Tales

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Includes the names: Richard J. Schoeck, ed Richard J. Schoeck, Richard Schoeck - Editor, Richard - editor (Chaucer) Schoeck

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Chaucer Criticism

Works by Richard Schoeck

Chaucer Criticism: The Canterbury Tales (1960) — Editor — 83 copies

Chaucer Criticism: Troilus and Criseyde & The Minor Poems (1961) — Editor — 69 copies

Chaucer Criticism — Editor — 29 copies

Erasmus of Europe (1990) 4 copies

Editing Sixteenth-Century Texts: Papers Given at the Editorial Conference University of Toronto October 1965 (1976) — Editor — 2 copies

The achievement of Thomas More, aspects of his life and works (1976) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Schoolmaster (1870) — Editor, some editions — 46 copies

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Birthdate: 1920-10-10
Date of death: 2008-01-29
Gender: male
Nationality: USA

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Chaucer Criticism Volume II by Richard J. Schoeck and Jerome Taylor

The subject of most of these essays is Troilus and Criseyde. Anyone who has read or is planning to read this wonderful long poem will benefit from reading these essays. They cover: the system of courtly love, destiny, chaucerian tragedy, christian love and morality among other things. It is an anthology of essays and so there are some widely different views by the different authors. Approachable for the general reader who wants to read more than just the Canterbury tales and gain further insite into the works of Chaucer… (more)

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baswood | Nov 1, 2010 |

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Works: 6
Also by: 1
Members: 188
Popularity: #115,783
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 9

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