Oxford Companion To Chaucer, The

Description:
With over 2,000 entries from an international team of scholars, this new Oxford Companion provides a wealth of clear, up-to-date assessments on all aspects of Chaucer. Entries, both short and long, from 'Aaron' to 'Zodiac', provide information on Chaucer's life and times, his works and the characteristics in them, his language and metre, his reading and the creative uses he made of it, and on his major moral and literary themes. Extensive reference is also made to the development of critical opinion about his works over the centuries. Complete with a chronology, a note to readers, illustrations, and extensive cross-referencing, this is a fascinating, practical guide to readers of Chaucer at every level.

Review:
Students and teachers alike will derive great profit and pleasure from this compact, one-volume Galfridian vade mecum ... it offers a wealth of pertinent information and critical opinion on a major European medieval poet. Naturally, all libraries should acquire a copy. Stephen Morrison, Universite de Provence ... excellent companion to Chaucer, which includes over 2000 entries written by international scholars ... this major work is helpful to Chaucer readership at all levels and can be called a complete encyclopedia of Chaucer. Essential for all academic and large public libraries. Library Journal ... will be a gold-mine not just for students of Chaucer or fourteenth century literature but of the medieval period. Contemporary Review

Table of Contents:
Preface; List of General Entries; List of Plates; List of Contributors; Note to Readers; Abbreviations; A-Z ENTRIES; Bibliographical References; Chronological Table