Books in the Oxford Guides to Chaucer series

This handbook has been written with the purpose of both summarizing what is known about Chaucer's work, and offering interpretations based on recent advances in both historical knowledge and theoretical understanding. It includes a survey of literary responses to the "Tales" over the centuries.

This book highlights the cultural significance of Chaucer's Shorter Poems, both in the poet's day and our own. These important but often neglected texts by Chaucer - 'The Book of the Duchess', 'House of Fame', the 'Parliament of Fowls', and 'Legend of Good Women' - are at last made accessible to students and readers.

This guide offers students a comprehensive introduction to "Troilus and Criseyde". It includes: a full and convenient account of Chaucer's use of sources; an extended analysis of the poem's generic originality; and a commentary on all aspects of the poem.