Chaucer to Spenser
- 1000 pages
- 35 hours of reading
In this key anthology Derek Pearsall offers a radically new approach to those teaching and studying English writing from Geoffrey Chaucer to the early work of Edmund Spenser.
Derek Pearsall Books
Derek Pearsall is a leading medievalist and Chaucerian scholar whose extensive writings delve into the heart of medieval literature and culture. His work illuminates the creations of authors like Chaucer, Langland, and Gower, alongside meticulous studies of manuscripts and historical contexts. Pearsall offers readers a profound exploration into the mindset and artistic world of the Middle Ages. His scholarship provides deep insights into the enduring legacy of medieval literary traditions.
William Langland's poem stands at the centre of the study of ideological conflict, social change and religious ideas in the later fourteenth century. It is a poem that vividly encapsulates the great issues and debates of the day and acts as a commentary on cataclysmic events such as the Peasants' Revolt (1381). This book deals with this topic.