Earnest Games: Folkloric Patterns in the Canterbury Tales

(Part of the A Midland Book Series)

by Carl Lindahl

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0253205506

ISBN13:9780253205506

Release Date:September 1989

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Length:198 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Fairy Tales Folklore Folklore & Mythology Mythology & Folk Tales Poetry Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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