1 The social and literary scene in England PAUL STROHM 1
Contents 7
List of contributors 7
Preface 8
Note on the text 10
2 Chaucer's Continental inheritance：The early poems and Troilus and Criseyde DAVID WALLACE 19
3 Old books brought to life in dreams：The Book ofthe Duchess，the House of Fame，the Parliament of Fowls PIERO BoITANI 39
4 Telling the story in Troilus and Criseyde MARK LAMBERT 59
5 Chance and destiny in Troilus and Criseyde and the Knight's Tale JILL MANN 75
6 The Canterbury Tales：Personal drama or experiments in poetic variety？ C．DAVID BEN SON 93
7 The Canterbury Tales Ⅰ：Romance J．A．BURROW 109
8 The Canterbury Tales Ⅱ：Comedy DEREK PEARSALL 125
9 The Canterbury Tales Ⅲ：Pathos ROBERT WORTH FRANK，JR 143
10 The Canterbury Tales Ⅳ：Exemplum and fable A．C．SPEARING 159
11 Chaucerian realism MORTON W．BLOOMFIELD 179
12 Literary structures in Chaucer BARRY WINDEATT 195
13 Chaucer's narrator：Troilus and Criseyde and the Canterbury Tales DIETER MEHL 213
14 Chaucer's poetic style DEREK BREWER 227
15 Further reading：A guide to Chaucer studies JOERG O．FICHTE 243
Index 255