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Derek Brewer, ed.
Geoffrey Chaucer: The Writer and his Background.
Published Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1990 reissue (previous edn. was Bell & Sons, 1974).
ISBN 0859912957;
ISBN-13: 9780859912952.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St. Edmunds.
Size: 134x214x32mm.
Page count: xiv,381pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some scuffs and creases on the covers, a little wear to the edges and corners; the spine has some mild bumps and indentations, but is not creased from reading, and the text appears to be free of marking.

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Weight without packaging: 584g.

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Reprints most of the 1974 edition, but omits the bibliography.

Contents:
Brewer, Gothic Chaucer;
Du Boulay, The historical Chaucer;
Davis, Chaucer & 14th‑c. English;
Donaldson, The mss of Chaucer’s works & their use;
Wimsatt, Chaucer & French poetry;
Harbert, Chaucer & the Latin classics;
Dronke & Mann, Chaucer & the medieval Latin poets;
Schless, Chaucer’s use of Italian;
Manzalaoui, Chaucer & science;
Shepherd, Religion & philosophy in Chaucer;
Kolve, Chaucer & the visual arts;
Benson, A reader’s guide to writings on Chaucer.

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: monochrome frontispiece
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: yes
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

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