{"product_id":"9780813080796-chaucer-from-prentice-to-poet","title":"Chaucer from Prentice to Poet","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Metaphor of Love in Dream Visions and Troilus and Criseyde\u003cbr\u003eWhile covering all the major work produced by Geoffrey Chaucer in his pre-\u003cem\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/em\u003e career, this book seeks to correct the traditional interpretations of these poems. Edward Condren provides new and provocative interpretations of the three “dream visions as well as Chaucer’s early masterwork \u003cem\u003eTroilus and Criseyde\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive reevaluation of Chaucer's early poetry, from the \"dream visions\" to Troilus and Criseyde\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile covering all the major work produced by Geoffrey Chaucer in his pre-\u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e career, \u003ci\u003eChaucer from Prentice to Poet\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to correct the traditional interpretations of these poems. Edward Condren provides new and provocative interpretations of the three \"dream visions\"—\u003ci\u003eBook of the Duchess, Parliament of Fowls, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHouse of Fame\u003c\/i\u003e—as well as Chaucer's early masterwork \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Criseyde. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondren draws an arresting series of portraits of Chaucer as glimpsed in his work: the fledgling poet seeking to master the artificial style of French love poetry; the passionate author attempting to rebut critics of his work; and, finally, the master of a naturalistic style entirely his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is one of the few works written in the past century that reevaluates Chaucer's early poetry and the only one that examines the Dream Visions in conjunction with the Troilus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt should frame the discourse of Chaucer scholarship for many generations to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55611215839606,"sku":"9780813080796","price":21.08,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38146699_f8c439cc-bf56-4aba-ad94-1a28c2a7bc52.jpg?v=1763753426","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780813080796-chaucer-from-prentice-to-poet","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}