Peter Brown 
A Companion to Chaucer 

Designed as both a contribution to original research and as a stimulating and accessible text, this volume is a helpful, reliable, responsive and adaptable resource for students of Chaucer at all levels.

Daftar Isi

List of Illustrations viii

The Contributors ix

Acknowledgements xv

Abbreviations of Chaucer’s Works xvi

The Idea of a Chaucer Companion 1

Peter Brown

1 Afterlife 8

Carolyn Collette

2 Authority 23

Andrew Galloway

3 Bodies 40

Linda Ehrsam Voigts

4 Chivalry 58

Derek Brewer

5 Christian Ideologies 75

Nicholas Watson

6 Comedy 90

Laura Kendrick

7 Contemporary English Writers 114

James Simpson

8 Crisis and Dissent 133

Alcuin Blamires

9 France 149

Michael Hanly

10 Games 167

Malcolm Andrew

11 Genre 180

Caroline D. Eckhardt

12 Geography and Travel 195

Scott D. Westrem

13 Italy 218

David Wallace

14 Language 235

David Burnley

15 Life Histories 251

Janette Dillon

16 London 266

Michael Hanrahan

17 Love 281

Helen Phillips

18 Modes of Representation 296

Edward Wheatley

19 Narrative 312

Robert R. Edwards

20 Other Thought-worlds 332

Susanna Fein

21 Pagan Survivals 349

John M. Fyler

22 Personal Identity 360

Lynn Staley

23 Science 378

Irma Taavitsainen

24 Social Structures 397

Robert Swanson

25 Style 414

John F. Plummer

26 Texts 428

Tim William Machan

27 Translation 443

Roger Ellis

28 Visualizing 459

Sarah Stanbury

29 Women 480

Nicky Hallett

Index 495

Tentang Penulis

Peter Brown is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Kent and Chair of its School of English. His publications include Reading Dreams: The Interpretation of Dreams from Chaucer to Shakespeare (editor and contributor), Chaucer at Work: The Making of the Canterbury Tales, and, with Andrew Butcher, The Age of Saturn: Literature and History in the Canterbury Tales.