{"product_id":"the-chaucer-encyclopedia-4-volumes-isbn-9781119087991","title":"The Chaucer Encyclopedia, 4 Volumes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chaucer Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e provides the most comprehensive overview to date of the life, times, works, sources\/analogues, and influence of Geoffrey Chaucer (b. 1340s – d. 1400). It also makes accessible the approaches readers have taken to understanding Chaucer's oeuvre, as well as the analogues and sources (direct or intermediary, contemporary or from the distant past) of Chaucer's works. Providing nearly 1400 entries, more than any similar work on the market today, \u003ci\u003eThe Chaucer Encyclopedia \u003c\/i\u003eis the best source for a new generation of students and scholars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chaucer Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e includes material on: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eImportant people, places, things, and concepts in Chaucer’s life and works that influenced and shaped him as a writer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChaucer’s influence on generations of writers after him, including authors around the world who continue to look to Chaucer’s texts for inspiration\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVarious other topics that are of particular significance to those pursuing in-depth Chaucer scholarship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chaucer Encyclopedia \u003c\/i\u003eis an all-in-one resource for those interested in Geoffrey Chaucer. It is a key literary resource for undergraduate, graduate, and some secondary school students, teachers, and informed general readers. \u003cb\u003eVolume I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlphabetical List of\u003c\/i\u003e Entries,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003evii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThematic List of Entries\u003c\/i\u003e, xxv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeneral Editor and Associate Editors\u003c\/i\u003e, xliii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e, xlv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e, lvuu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/i\u003e, lxi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Chaucer Encyclopedia A-Ci, 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Chaucer Encyclopedia Ci-I\/Y, 419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Chaucer Encyclopedia J-P, 973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume IV\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Chaucer Encyclopedia Q-Z, 1561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e, 1999 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor in Chief\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRICHARD NEWHAUSER\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Medieval Studies at Arizona State University-Tempe. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Early History of Greed and Sin: Essays on the Moral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of the Senses in the Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssociate Editors\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eVINCENT GILLESPIE\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus J.R.R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at the University of Oxford. He is Honorary Director of the Early English Text Society and Series Editor of \u003ci\u003eExeter Medieval Texts and Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJESSICA ROSENFELD\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English Literature at Washington University, St. Louis. 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Approximately 1,400 entries written by renowned Chaucer specialists and emerging scholars describe the people, places, objects, and concepts in Chaucer's works, explore various critical and methodological approaches to his texts, and demonstrate Chaucer's influence on generations of authors and readers from the fourteenth century to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpanning four substantial volumes, this authoritative one-stop guide to Chauceriana contains a well-balanced mixture of brief descriptive entries, longer interpretative essays, and in-depth examinations of important topics within the field of Chaucer Studies.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chaucer Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e includes the latest information on the scribes and transmission of Chaucer's works, reflects the current interest in aesthetics and sensory studies as applied to Chaucer, engages non-Anglophone appropriations and translations of Chaucer, and addresses the full spectrum of analogs and sources of Chaucer's works: direct or intermediary, contemporary, and from the distant past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chaucer Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable literary resource for undergraduate and graduate students, Chaucer scholars, and informed general readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990184640741,"sku":"NP9781119087991","price":780.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119087991.jpg?v=1761786828","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-chaucer-encyclopedia-4-volumes-isbn-9781119087991","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}