{"product_id":"chaucer-and-the-city-ardis-butterfield-9781843840732","title":"Chaucer and the City","description":"\u003cb\u003eEssays exploring Chaucer's identity as a London poet and the urban context for his writings.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiterature of the city and the city in literature are topics of major contemporary interest. This volume enhances our understanding of Chaucer's iconic role as a London poet, defining the modern sense of London as a city in history, steeped in its medieval past. Building on recent work by historians on medieval London, as well as modern urban theory, the essays address the centrality of the city in Chaucer's work, and of Chaucer to a literature and a language of the city. Contributors explore the spatial extent of the city, imaginatively and geographically; the diverse and sometimes violent relationships between communities, and the use of language to identify and speak for communities; the worlds of commerce, the aristocracy, law, and public order. A final section considers the longer history and memory of the medieval city beyond the devastations of the Great Fire and into the Victorian period. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr ARDIS BUTTERFIELD is Reader in English at University College London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors: ARDIS BUTTERFIELD, MARION TURNER, RUTH EVANS, BARBARA NOLAN, CHRISTOPHER CANNON, DEREK PEARSALL, HELEN COOPER, C. DAVID BENSON, ELLIOTKENDALL, JOHN SCATTERGOOD, PAUL DAVIS, HELEN PHILLIPS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ardis Butterfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1843840731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843840732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.32w x 0.95d","brand":"Ardis Butterfield","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48442602356991,"sku":"9781843840732","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de962991-b4fd-4d36-ad62-dc21c245b545.jpg?v=1777198501","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chaucer-and-the-city-ardis-butterfield-9781843840732","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}