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Six hundred years of Chaucer criticism has §established his reputation as one of England s §greatest poets. However, we must not forget that §Chaucer was also a prose writer, as is demonstrated §in Melibee and the Parson s Tale in the Canterbury §Tales, in Boece, a work of a philosophical nature §and in A Treatise on the Astrolabe, a scientific §text ascribing the use of an astronomical §instrument. The latter was written at a time when §the conception of the Universe was based on the §Ptolemaic model. This Greco-Roman view of the §Universe was shattered when Copernicus s De §Revolutionibus was published in 1543. In Learned §Chaucer, I explore how historical, cultural, §religious, linguistic and scientific changes have §affected the perception of Chaucer and of his §Treatise. I hope to provide an insight into 600 §years of Chaucer criticism.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Full title: Learned Chaucer
• Subtitle: The evolution of Chaucer's reputation as the author of A Treatise on the Astrolabe
• Author: Myriam Rascouailles
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76
• EAN: 9783639162141
• ISBN: 3639162145
• ID: 06824636
• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Weight: 122 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 5 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. May 2009

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