Chaucer and the Subject of HistoryUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1991 - 489 Seiten Chaucer's interest in individuality was strikingly modern. He was aware of the pressures on individuality exerted by the past and by society - by history. Chaucer investigated not just the idea of history but the historical world intimately related to his own political and literary career. This book has shaped the way that Chaucer is read. |
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CHAPTER 1 | 18 |
The Theban | 47 |
Troilus and Criseyde and the Subject of History | 84 |
Urheberrecht | |
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