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Earnest games :folkloric patterns in the Canterbury tales

by Carl Lindahl

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Synopsis:

In Ernest Games Carl Lindahl recovers a folkloric world long hidden from readers of Chaucer. Lindahl is the first critic to demonstrate how the poem reflects the social and artistic patterns of medieval folk performance. Combining current approaches from the fields of literary criticism, social history, and folklore, Earnest Games begins with a study of Chaucer's setting and characters. Lindahl discovers that Chaucer gives each community — the gentils, the churls, and the pilgrims — a game strategy that faithfully reflects the social realities of the English Middle Ages.

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Includes bibliograpical references (p. 173-192) and index.
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ISBN:
9780253205506
Subtitle:
Folkloric Patterns in the Canterbury Tales
Author:
Lindahl, Carl
Publisher:
Indiana University Press
Location:
Bloomington :
Subject:
Oral tradition
Subject:
Social classes in literature
Subject:
Folklore in literature
Subject:
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
Subject:
Games in literature.
Subject:
English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Subject:
Folklore & Mythology - Folklore
Copyright:
1987
Edition Description:
1st Midland book ed.
Series Volume:
TR-EL
Publication Date:
September 1989
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
212
Dimensions:
9.00x6.00x.48 in. .70 lbs.
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