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Tables of Contents for Chaucer
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
How to Use This Book
1
1
Begin reading the author
1
1
How to approach unfamiliar or difficult texts
1
1
Vocabulary
2
1
Summary
2
1
Why Read Chaucer Today?
3
4
Comparing different cultures
3
1
Gender issues
4
1
How medieval society works
5
1
An influence on all later poetry
5
1
Summary
6
1
How to Approach Chaucer's Work
7
5
A unique reading experience
7
1
The Canterbury Tales
7
4
Summary
11
1
Biography and Social Background
12
17
Why do we need to know who Chaucer was?
12
1
What was a `medieval author'?
13
1
Was Chaucer a typical medieval author?
13
2
Biographical details
15
1
Life in the fourteenth century
16
3
Then everything changed...
19
3
How did Chaucer develop the English Language?
22
6
Summary
28
1
Major Works
29
15
Re-telling tales
29
1
The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
30
3
The Canterbury Tales
33
6
Chaucer's other works
39
4
Summary
43
1
Major Themes
44
13
Chivalry and romance
44
4
Relations between the sexes
48
6
Society and Community
54
2
Summary
56
1
The Contemporary Literary Scene
57
9
Books and reading in Chaucer's time
57
2
Medieval reading
59
3
Changes in book production
62
1
How did Chaucer work?
62
1
Chaucer's early reputation
63
2
Summary
65
1
Modern Critical Approaches
66
15
Chaucer's changing reputation
66
1
The birth of literary criticism
66
2
Chivalry and historicism
68
5
Gender and feminist theory
73
4
`Open' and `closed' texts and the idea of community
77
3
Places to start with Chaucer criticism
80
1
Summary
80
1
Where to Next?
81
6
Take a route around Chaucer's poems
81
1
Read the critics
82
1
Learn more about the period
83
1
Explore the internet
83
1
Have a `Chaucer adventure'!
84
1
Read Chaucer's contemporaries
85
1
Summary
86
1
Glossary
87
2
Chronology of Major Works
89
1
Index
90