Chaucer and the subject of history

Description:

Chaucer's interest in individuality was strikingly modern. He was aware of the pressures on individuality exerted by the past and by society - by history. Chaucer investigated not just the idea of history but the historical world intimately related to his own political and literary career. This book has shaped the way that Chaucer is read.

subjects: Knowledge,  History and criticism,  History, Ancient, in literature,  Political and social views,  Social problems in literature,  English Historical poetry,  History,  Middle Ages in literature,  Chaucer, geoffrey, -1400,  Knowledge and learning

People: Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400),  Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400)