Chaucer's Problem of Prose: Media, History, and the Canterbury Tales
Author:   Stephen Yeager
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
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Pages:   277
Publication Date:   02 May 2025
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Chaucer's Problem of Prose: Media, History, and the Canterbury Tales


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In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, key structural moments arise when a speaker shifts from rhyming heroic couplets to address the reader in prose, as well as in instances where prose is mentioned but not employed. These interruptions may seem like glosses explaining Chaucer's intentions, yet they occur during the most contradictory moments of the frame narrative, making his aims particularly elusive. , Stephen M. Yeager argues that the presence of prose in The Canterbury Tales exposes the complexities of poetic form, manuscript technology, and the media ecology of medieval clerical culture. The book asserts that Chaucer's work is informed by his awareness of the significant role that Old English plays in early English monastic chronicles and cartularies, representing some of the earliest recorded uses of his chosen literary language. examines how these moments reveal Chaucer's anxieties about historical media and the central role of monastic historiography in documenting early English history.

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Author:   Stephen Yeager
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781487504069


ISBN 10:   1487504063
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   02 May 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgments Abbreviations Critical Introduction 1. The Problem of Prose in Fragments II and VII: An Overview 2. Saxon Script and Chaucerian Verse in London BL Add. MS 14848 3. The Text, the Gloss, and Fragment III 4. Tragedy and the Law of Edward in The Monk’s Tale 5. Chronicles and Customs: Chaucer’s Tale of Custaunce 6. The Problem of Prose and the Prose Canterbury Tales Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Stephen M. Yeager is a professor of English at Concordia University.

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