Chaucer in Context: Society, Allegory and Gender

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Amongst the most written about works of English literature, Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" still defy categorization, claims the author. Was Chaucer a poet of profound religious piety or a sceptic who questioned all religious and moral certainties Do his pilgrims reflect the society of the day, or were they a product of an already well-established literary tradition and convention Surveying and assessing competing critical approaches to Chaucer's work, this text emphasizes a need to see Chaucer in historical context; the context of the social and political concerns of his own day.

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S.H. Rigby is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Manchester