30 Great Myths about Chaucer. Stephanie Trigg

      

      Table of Contents

      1  COVER

      2  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      3  INTRODUCTION: MYTHICAL CHAUCER

      4  Myth 1: CHAUCER IS THE FATHER OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

      5  Myth 2: CHAUCER WAS THE FIRST ENGLISH POET

      6  Myth 3: CHAUCER SUFFERED AN UNREQUITED LOVE

      7  Myth 4: CHAUCER’S MARRIAGE WAS UNHAPPY

      8  Myth 5: CHAUCER’S SON THOMAS WAS JOHN OF GAUNT’S BASTARD

      9  Myth 6: CHAUCER’S LANGUAGE IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR MODERN READERS

      10  Myth 7: THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS REPRESENT ALL SOCIAL CLASSES AND CHARACTER TYPES

      11  Myth 8: THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS ARE BASED ON REAL PEOPLE

      12  Myth 9: THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS FORM A “MERRY COMPANY”

      13  Myth 10: CHAUCER WAS A FEMINIST

      14  Myth 11: CHAUCER WAS GUILTY OF RAPE

      15  Myth 12: CHAUCER HAD A FALLING OUT WITH HIS BEST FRIEND

      16  Myth 13: CHAUCER LIVED IN THE MIDDLE AGES

      17  Myth 14: CHAUCER WAS A PROTO‐PROTESTANT

      18  Myth 15: CHAUCER WAS ANTI‐SEMITIC

      19  Myth 16: CHAUCER WAS A SPY

      20  Myth 17: CHAUCER WAS A CROOK

      21  Myth 18: CHAUCER WAS A POLITICAL OPPORTUNIST

      22  Myth 19: THE WIFE OF BATH MURDERED HER HUSBAND

      23  Myth 20: CHAUCER “OUTS” THE PARDONER

      24  Myth 21: CHAUCER NEVER FINISHED THE CANTERBURY TALES

      25  Myth 22: CHAUCER IS OBSCENE

      26  Myth 23: CHAUCER WAS SKEPTICAL OF CHIVALRY

      27  Myth 24: CHAUCER DESCRIBED HIMSELF IN HIS WORKS

      28  Myth 25: CHAUCER WROTE THE FIRST NOVEL IN ENGLISH

      29  Myth 26: CHAUCER WAS IN DANGER OF BEING THROWN IN DEBTOR’S PRISON

      30  Myth 27: CHAUCER RENOUNCED HIS WORKS ON HIS DEATHBED

      31  Myth 28: CHAUCER IS BURIED IN HIS OWN TOMB

      32  Myth 29: CHAUCER WAS THE FIRST POET LAUREATE

      33  Myth 30: CONTEMPORARY LITERARY THEORY IS IRRELEVANT TO CHAUCER

      34  CODA

      35  FURTHER READING Chaucer’s Works Backgrounds and Contexts Further Criticism Other Resources

      36  WORKS CITED Chaucer Editions (All Works by Chaucer, Listed by Editor) Manuscripts Other Primary Texts Secondary Texts

      37  INDEX

      38  END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

      Guide

      1  Cover

      2 Table of Contents

      3  Begin Reading

      Pages

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      4  ix

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