num_pages: 578
description: This third volume in the Oxford Guides to Chaucer series offers an introduction to Chaucer's shorter poems. Drawing on the most recent developments in literary theory, the book highlights the cultural significance of these texts, both in the poet's day and our own. 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 made accessible to students and readers.
language: English
title: The Shorter Poems
titlecomplete: The Shorter Poems (Oxford Guides to Chaucer)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Clarendon Press