The CANTERBURY TALES and the Good Society / / Paul A. Olson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Olson, Paul A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 479
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (394 p.)

Paul Olson argues that Chaucer's narratives emerge from his deep concern about the crises of late fourteenth-century England and his vision of the renewal of that troubled society through the ideal of parlement, the various orders of society speaking together, and through a perfective religious discipline.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Part I. Chaucer, Social Theory, and Fourteenth- Century History -- Introduction. On Looking at the Meaning of Chaucer's Language -- 1. The General Prologue, the Three-Estate Theory, and the "Age and Body" of the Time -- Part II. The Canterbury Tales on Temporal Lords -- 2. The Order of the Passion and Internal Order -- 3. The Lawyer's Tale and the History of Christian English Law -- 4. Chaucer on Temporal Power and Art -- PART III. The CANTERBURY TALES on the Spiritual Power -- 5. Stratford's Nunnery, Sapience, and Monasticism's Critical Role -- 6. Monasticism's Royal Claim -- 7. The Hierarchy's Keys -- 8. Summoner Wrath on Friar Perfection -- 9. The Sect of the Wife of Bath and the Quest for Perfection -- 10. In Conclusion -- APPENDIX. A Note on the Relationship of Meaning and Historical Forms of Life -- Index -- Backmatter