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Chaucer's England: Literature in Historical Context

by Barbara Hanawalt

Series:Medieval Cultures Series (4)

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Represents the first time that disciples of history and English literature have joined forces to present new interpretations of late fourteenth-century English society.

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Canonical title: Chaucer's England: Literature in Historical Context

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Genres: Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS: 820.9 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures History, description, critical appraisal of works in more than one form
LCC: PR1906.5 .C48 — Language and Literature English English Literature Anglo-Norman period. Early English. Middle English
BISAC: LIT LITERARY CRITICISM Medieval

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Published: 1992
Genres: Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS: 820.9
LCC: PR1906.5 .C48

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