Chaucer's tales, rich in comedy and pathos, have an immediate appeal; they draw freely and vividly from the romance and colour of the times in which he lived, and his world that of the second half of the 14th century is rich in cultural interest. It was a time of new exploration and new individualism, of peasant revolt and passionate religious dissent, and of a remarkable flowering of the arts. Chaucer lived at thevery centre of the action, and this book follows the stages of his career, illuminating with reference to the art and architecture of the time and through reference to his writings, the physical environment and intellectual climate in which he lived.
Bound, cloth with original dustjacket (protected with removable cellophane), 224pp,+32 fullpage outertext plates in col., 19.5x25.5cm., ills. in b/w., in very good condition (dustjacket with slight traces of use). ISBN: 0413343405.
5x25cm
224 pp.
Eyre Methuen 1978 London
