Oxford Guides to Chaucer: The Shorter Poems

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 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.