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A Preface to Chaucer: Studies in Medieval Perspective
By (Author) Durant Waite Robertson
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
821.1
Hardback
632
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
1049g
What were the medieval stylistic, aesthetic, and literary conventions that Chancer drew upon and knew that his audience would understand In this rich study Mr. Robertson has included 118 illustrations-of medieval sculpture, cathedral interiors, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, ornamental devices and decorations-to show how these conventions aff