Chaucer's Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury, (Paperback)

from Lukerik

This book markets itself as an exploration of 1386 being Chaucer's year of doom. As it turns out this is short section of literary criticism at the end where Strohm argues that Chaucer was lonely without his poetry group so he invented a group of pilgrims who listened to each other's poetry. Fine...

from wagner.sarah35

Since my college English literature course, Chaucer has faded from my mind and I enjoyed this examination of him, both as a refresher for my memory and an interesting take on medieval life. The author poses his thesis that the year 1386 marked a turning point for Chaucer as his civil career was p...

from mattries37315

The importance of Geoffrey Chaucer on English literature cannot be measured, but if not for one bad year both Chaucer and the history of English literature could have been remembered completely differently. Paul Strohm writes in his new book, "Chaucer's Tale", that if not for the rapidly changing...

from rmckeown

My graduate work at Baylor mainly focused on the High Middle Ages and the Renaissance. So, anytime an interesting book about either appears, I can't help myself in returning to those wonderful days of grad school. Paul Strohm has written a detailed and interesting look at London inhabited by Geof...

from rmckeown

My graduate work at Baylor mainly focused on the High Middle Ages and the Renaissance. So, anytime an interesting book about either appears, I can't help myself in returning to those wonderful days of grad school. Paul Strohm has written a detailed and interesting look at London inhabited by Geof...