Designed as both a contribution to original research and as a stimulating and accessible text, this volume is a helpful, reliable, responsive and adaptable resource for students of Chaucer at all levels.

Designed as both a contribution to original research and as a stimulating and accessible text, this volume is a helpful, reliable, responsive and adaptable resource for students of Chaucer at all levels.

List of Illustrations viiiThe Contributors ixAcknowledgements xvAbbreviations of Chaucer's Works xviThe Idea of a Chaucer Companion 1Peter Brown1 Afterlife 8Carolyn Collette2 Authority 23Andrew Galloway3 Bodies 40Linda Ehrsam Voigts4 Chivalry 58Derek Brewer5 Christian Ideologies 75Nicholas Watson6 Comedy 90Laura Kendrick7 Contemporary English Writers 114James Simpson8 Crisis and Dissent 133Alcuin Blamires9 France 149Michael Hanly10 Games 167Malcolm Andrew11 Genre 180Caroline D. Eckhardt12 Geography and Travel 195Scott D. Westrem13 Italy 218David Wallace14 Language 235David Burnley15 Life Histories 251Janette Dillon16 London 266Michael Hanrahan17 Love 281Helen Phillips18 Modes of Representation 296Edward Wheatley19 Narrative 312Robert R. Edwards20 Other Thought-worlds 332Susanna Fein21 Pagan Survivals 349John M. Fyler22 Personal Identity 360Lynn Staley23 Science 378Irma Taavitsainen24 Social Structures 397Robert Swanson25 Style 414John F. Plummer26 Texts 428Tim William Machan27 Translation 443Roger Ellis28 Visualizing 459Sarah Stanbury29 Women 480Nicky HallettIndex 495