| Description |
ix, 200 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : speech and the Commonwealth -- The dream visions : discourse at play : The book of the Duchess, The house of fame, The Parliament of fowls -- Speche in Troilus and Criseyde -- The Knight's tale and the discourse of authority -- Discourse and freedom in The Wife of Bath's prologue -- Words and deeds in The Squire's tale and The Franklin's tale -- The Monk's tale and Chaucer's idea of the listener -- The Manciple's tale and the poetics of guile -- Discourse and closure in The Canterbury tales. |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Technique.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. |
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Technique. |
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Speech in literature.
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Speech in literature. |
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Discourse analysis, Literary.
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Discourse analysis, Literary. |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales.
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain.
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Politics and literature. |
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Great Britain. |
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Rhetoric, Medieval.
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Rhetoric, Medieval. |
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature. |
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Tales, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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Tales, Medieval. |
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Storytelling in literature.
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Storytelling in literature. |
| ISBN |
1570031029 |
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