Author : Marion Turner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199207895
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Chaucerian Conflict by : Marion Turner
Download or read book Chaucerian Conflict written by Marion Turner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a completely new reading of Chaucer. While most critics have seen his work as essentially socially optimistic and congenial, Marion Turner argues that Chaucer was profoundly concerned with conflict and social antagonism. Chaucer's texts are examined alongside a wide variety of poetry and historical documents from the period.