"List of contributors
Preface
Note on the text
1 The social and literary scene in England
2 Chaucers Continental inheritance: The early poems and Troilus and Criseyde
3 Old books brought to life in dreams: The Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, The Parliament of Fowls
4 Telling the story in Troilus and Criseyde
5 Chance and destiny in Troilus and Criseyde and the Knights Tale
6 The Canterbury Tales I: Romance
7 The Canterbury Tales II: Comedy
8 The Canterbury Tales III: Pathos
9 The Canterbury Tales IV: Exemplum and fable
11 Literary structures in Chaucer
13 Chaucers narrator: Troilus and Criseyde and the Canterbury
14 Chaucers poetic style
15 Further reading: A guide to Chaucer studies
Index"