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Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 2

The Art of Narrative

By: P. M. Kean

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Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 2

The Art of Narrative

By: P. M. Kean

Originally published in 1972. This important work of Chaucerian scholarship deals with two aspects of the poet and his work - his individual achievement and his place in history - and demonstrates that in both these senses Chaucer is a maker of English poetry. The author explores Chaucer’s narrative art. The book includes an examination of the puzzling question of narrative structure in the Canterbury Tales and of the nature of Chaucerian comedy in these works. The author surveys the major themes of the poems: Fortune and free will, marriage, and the nobleness of man. In the final chapter she treats of the meaning of Chaucer’s art for his successors. Throughout the work, Miss Kean deals extensively with the sources which Chaucer used for the writing of his poems, in a way which directs light on the more difficult aspects of his art.

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1000681335

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The Pearl

An Interpretation

By: P.M. Kean

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The Pearl

An Interpretation

By: P.M. Kean

Originally published in 1967 The Pearl looks at the anonymous fourteenth century poet of Pearl. The book argues that the poem ranks in importance and interest with that of Chaucer and Langland, but suggests that it has always proved more difficult to approach to the modern reader. The aim of this book is to clear away some of the difficulty through a close examination of the material the poet had to draw on, and the poet’s use of this in the organisation of the poem. The main themes are established through detailed analysis of the poem, which is seen as much more than either a lament for an individual or the mere figurative presentation of an idea.

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0429560168

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9780429560163

Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 1

Love Vision and Debate

By: P. M. Kean

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Love Vision and Debate

By: P. M. Kean

Originally published in 1972. This important work of Chaucerian scholarship deals with two aspects of the poet and his work - his individual achievement and his place in history - and demonstrates that in both these senses Chaucer is a maker of English poetry. The author assesses the extent of Chaucer’s debt to the English tradition. She considers the development of his ‘urbane’ manner as a new poetic technique and, with reference to such poems as the Parlement of Foules and the House of Fame, discusses new themes in the Love Vision. She concludes with a detailed study of Chaucer’s great debate on love Troilus and Criseyde.

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1000681327

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The Pearl

An Interpretation

By: P.M. Kean

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An Interpretation

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Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 1

Love Vision and Debate

By: P. M. Kean

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Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 1

Love Vision and Debate

By: P. M. Kean

Originally published in 1972. This important work of Chaucerian scholarship deals with two aspects of the poet and his work - his individual achievement and his place in history - and demonstrates that in both these senses Chaucer is a maker of English poetry. The author assesses the extent of Chaucer’s debt to the English tradition. She considers the development of his ‘urbane’ manner as a new poetic technique and, with reference to such poems as the Parlement of Foules and the House of Fame, discusses new themes in the Love Vision. She concludes with a detailed study of Chaucer’s great debate on love Troilus and Criseyde.

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Chaucer and the Making of English Poetry, Volume 2

The Art of Narrative

By: P. M. Kean

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