Oxford Guides to Chaucer: The Shorter Poems

This third volume in the highly successful Oxford Guides to Chaucer series offers a much-needed 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 at last made accessible to students and readers.