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´Troilus and Criseyde´: A Reader´s Guide
Jenni Nuttall
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Description for ´Troilus and Criseyde´: A Reader´s Guide
Paperback. A scene-by-scene reader's guide to Geoffrey Chaucer's Trojan War poem specifically designed for student readers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 354. A Reader's Guide. 216 pages. A scene-by-scene reader's guide to Geoffrey Chaucer's Trojan War poem specifically designed for student readers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 11. Weight: 354.
'Troilus and Criseyde', Geoffrey Chaucer's most substantial completed work, is a long historical romance; its famous tale of love and betrayal in the Trojan War later inspired William Shakespeare. This reader's guide, written specifically for students of medieval literature, provides a scene-by-scene paraphrase and commentary on the whole text. Each section explains matters of meaning, interpretation, plot structure and character development, the role of the first-person narrating voice, Chaucer's use of his source materials and elements of the poem's style. Brief and accessible discussions of key themes and sources (for example the art of love, the holy bond of things, ... Read more
'Troilus and Criseyde', Geoffrey Chaucer's most substantial completed work, is a long historical romance; its famous tale of love and betrayal in the Trojan War later inspired William Shakespeare. This reader's guide, written specifically for students of medieval literature, provides a scene-by-scene paraphrase and commentary on the whole text. Each section explains matters of meaning, interpretation, plot structure and character development, the role of the first-person narrating voice, Chaucer's use of his source materials and elements of the poem's style. Brief and accessible discussions of key themes and sources (for example the art of love, the holy bond of things, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
364g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521138765
SKU
V9780521138765
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About Jenni Nuttall
Jenni Nuttall is College Lecturer in English at St Edmund Hall and a Research Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Oxford.
Reviews for ´Troilus and Criseyde´: A Reader´s Guide
'Jenni Nuttall's Troilus and Criseyde: A Reader's Guide provides an invaluable teaching and learning resource which is aimed mainly at students of Chaucer. Its analysis covers the entire text; it is detailed and helpfully divided into sections, with key information highlighted in bold. The commentaries on each passage contain observations on plot, characterization, critical debate, and narrative voice, while close ... Read more