Beschreibung:
First published in 1980, this study of two later fourteenth century English poets, Chaucer and Langland, concentrates on some major and representative aspects of their work. It shows that they were genuinely exploratory, and created work which actively questioned dominant ideologies.
Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Imagination and Traditional Ideologies in Piers Plowman 2. Langland and the Church: Affirmation and Negation 3. Langland, Apocalypse, and the Saeculum 4. Chaucer: Reflexive Imagination, Knowledge, and Authority 5. Chaucer's Criseyde: Woman in Society, Woman in Love 6. Chaucer: Love, Sex, and Marriage 7. Imagination, Order, and Ideology: The Knight's Tale; Notes; Index