This stimulating and accessible volume is a helpful, reliable and adaptable resource for students of Chaucer at all levels.

List of Illustrations viii The Contributors ix Acknowledgements xv Abbreviations of Chaucera s Works xvi The Idea of a Chaucer Companion 1 Peter Brown 1 Afterlife 8 Carolyn Collette 2 Authority 23 Andrew Galloway 3 Bodies 40 Linda Ehrsam Voigts 4 Chivalry 58 Derek Brewer 5 Christian Ideologies 75 Nicholas Watson 6 Comedy 90 Laura Kendrick 7 Contemporary English Writers 114 James Simpson 8 Crisis and Dissent 133 Alcuin Blamires 9 France 149 Michael Hanly 10 Games 167 Malcolm Andrew 11 Genre 180 Caroline D. Eckhardt 12 Geography and Travel 195 Scott D. Westrem 13 Italy 218 David Wallace 14 Language 235 David Burnley 15 Life Histories 251 Janette Dillon 16 London 266 Michael Hanrahan 17 Love 281 Helen Phillips 18 Modes of Representation 296 Edward Wheatley 19 Narrative 312 Robert R. Edwards 20 Other Thought--worlds 332 Susanna Fein 21 Pagan Survivals 349 John M. Fyler 22 Personal Identity 360 Lynn Staley 23 Science 378 Irma Taavitsainen 24 Social Structures 397 Robert Swanson 25 Style 414 John F. Plummer 26 Texts 428 Tim William Machan 27 Translation 443 Roger Ellis 28 Visualizing 459 Sarah Stanbury 29 Women 480 Nicky Hallett Index 495