The Oxford Companion to Chaucer

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With over 2 000 entries from an international team of scholars this new Oxford Companion provides a wealth of clear up-to-date assessments on all aspects of Chaucer. Entries both short and long from "Aaron" to "Zodiac " provide information on Chaucers life and times his works and the characteristics in them his language and meter his reading and the creative uses he made of it and on his major moral and literary themes. Extensive reference is also made to the development of critical opinion about his works over the centuries. Complete with a chronology a note to readers illustrations and extensive cross-referencing this is a fascinating practical guide to readers of Chaucer at every level.