A new companion to Chaucer / edited by Peter Brown.

Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; The Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; The Idea of a Chaucer Companion; Students All; Designs on Chaucer; "I make for myself a picture of great detail"; Revising the Companion to Chaucer; Note; Chapter 1 Afterlives; Geoffrey Chaucer in Historical Time; Material Texts and Remediation; Criseyde's Afterlives; Global Appropriations and Living Chaucers; Notes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 2 Auctorite; Textual Authority; Religious and Secular Authority; The House of Fame 2121-30; The Knight's Tale 2987-3074

NotesReferences and Further Reading; Chapter 3 Biography; Life, Works, and Lives; The House of Fame 644-60; The Prologue to the Legend of Good Women F328-34 and G254-76; Introduction to the Man of Law's Tale 46-64 and 77-80; Notes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 4 Bodies; Humours; Heavens; Healthy Habits; Heroic Love; Pertelote's Purges (NPT 2923-39, 2942-9, 2955-66); Alisoun's Character (WBP 609-26, 697-706); Arcite's Fate (KnT 2684-91, 2743-60); Heroic Love and Troilus; Notes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 5 Bohemia; Defacements; Bohemia in the Fourteenth Century

Anne of Bohemia and the Parliament of FowlsThe Legend of the Bohemian Amazons; Versions of Anne of Bohemia; Sacral Kingship; Chaucer and Bohemia; Bohemian Piety; Notes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 6 Chivalry; Honor and Shame; The Role of the Church; Love of Women; The Literature of Chivalry; Tournaments; Rejecting Chivalry; Chaucer's Knight and Squire (GP 43-100); The Knight's Tale; Troilus and Criseyde II, 624-31; Ambiguities; "Thy gentillesse cometh fro God allone" (WBT 1162); Notes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 7 Comedy; Medieval Definitions of Comedy

Conventions of Medieval Comic TextsChaucer's Balade "To Rosemounde"; The Envoy of the Clerk's Tale (ClT 1177-1212); The Miller's Tale 3687-739; Notes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 8 Emotion; The Language of Feeling; Medieval Theories of Emotion; Critical Approaches to Chaucer and Emotion; Feeling by the Book: The Book of the Duchess 291-415; Critical Feeling: The Legend of Good Women 2163-227; Notes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 9 Ethnicity; Place and Race; Christian Constructions of Race and the Friar's Tale 1622; Christian Constructions of Jews

Jewish Bodies in Chaucer: Prioress's Tale 558-78Medieval Christian Constructions of Muslims; Color and Religious Difference in Chaucer: The Man of Law's Tale 351-7; Notes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 10 Flemings; Flemish London; England and Flanders; Sex and Trade; Fashion, Music, and Dancing; Flemings in London; Anti-Flemish Violence; Notes; References and Further Reading; Chapter 11 France; Equivocal Attitudes; The Influence of French Literature at Court; Jean Froissart and Guillaume de Machaut; Chaucer in France

The extensively revised and expanded version of the acclaimed Companion to Chaucer An essential text for both established scholars and those seeking to expand their knowledge of Chaucer studies, A New Companion to Chaucer is an authoritative and up-to-date survey of Chaucer scholarship. Rigorous yet accessible, this book helps readers to identify current debates, recognize historical and literary context, and to understand how particular concepts and theories affect the interpretation of Chaucer's texts. Chaucer specialists from around the globe offer contributions that range from updates of long-standing scholarship on biography, language, women, and social structures, to original research in new areas such as ideology, the afterlife, patronage, and sexuality. In presenting conflicting perspectives and ideological differences, this stimulating volume encourages readers to explore additional paths of inquiry and engage in lively and informed debate. Each chapter of the Companion, organized by issues and themes, balances textual analysis and cultural context by grounding the reader in existing scholarship. Key issues from specific passages are discussed with an annotated bibliography provided for reference and further reading. Compiled with all students of Chaucer in mind, this important volume: Presents contributions from both established and emerging specialists Explores the circumstances in which Chaucer wrote, such as the political and religious issues of his time Includes numerous close readings of selected poems Provides points of entry to a wide range of approaches to Chaucer's works Incorporates original research, fresh perspectives, and updated additions to Chaucer scholarship A New Companion to Chaucer is a valuable and enduring resource for scholars, teachers, and students of medieval literature and medieval studies, as well as the general reader interested in interpretations and historical contexts of Chaucer's writings.