Companion to Chaucer Studies

"Now in a revised edition, this collection of twenty-two essays is essential reading for every student of Chaucer's poetry. The contributions, which were written especially for this volume, represent some of the most distinguished Chaucerian scholarship of all time. Perceptive and lively, the studies explain the most significant aspects of Chaucerian scholarship, discuss the critical principles on which they are based, and provide sound, modern interpretations of the poetry. This work is particularly useful in helping the student sort out the bewildering variety of modern approaches to and re-evaluations of Chaucer's poetic achievement. The revised edition brings all the articles and bibliographies up-to-date and includes twoessays that are new: one of the Legend of Good Women and one on Chaucer, the church, and religion. A convenient index in also new to this edition." -Publisher.