This book examines the scholarly construction of Geoffrey Chaucer in different historical eras, and challenges long-standing assumptions to enhance the theoretical dialogue on Chaucer's historical reception.

Autorentext
GEOFFERY GUST is Assistant Professor and Faculty Associate Researcher of Medieval Studies at Arizona University, USA.

Inhalt
Persona and Personalities: Medieval Lineage, Modern Legacy Getting a Life: Biographical Constructions of Chaucer the Man Chaucer Speaks: Memoirs of the Man? Lives of Their Own: The Wife of Bath, the Pardoner, and Critical (Dis)Approval Claiming the 'Popet': Ethics, Evasion, and the Pilgrim's Progress