From the Book - First paperback edition.
Introduction: Contextualising contexts of Chaucer / Ian Johnson - Part I. Chaucer as context. What was Chaucer like? / J.A. Burrow ; Chaucer's life and literary 'profession' / Andrew Galloway - Part II. Books, discourse and traditions. Chaucer's linguistic invention / Jeremy J. Smith ; Chaucer and London English / Jeremy J. Smith ; Manuscripts and manuscript culture / Rhiannon Purdie ; Chaucer's books / Wendy Scase ; Authority / Mishtooni Bose ; Literary theory and literary roles / Ian Johnson ; Metre and versification / Ad Putter ; Dialogue / Sarah James ; Romance / Stephen H.A. Shepherd ; Love / Corinne Saunders ; Chaucer and the classics / Vincent Gillespie ; The French context / Stephanie A. Virbeck Gibbs Kamath ; The Italian tradition / K.P. Clarke ; The English context / Marion Turner ; Chaucer's competitors / Wendy Scase ; Boethius / Tim William Machan - Part III. Humans, the world and beyond. Chaucer's God / Ryan Perry ; Holiness / Marlene Villalobos Hennessy ; Secularity / Alastair Minnis ; The self / Valerie Allen ; Women / Rosalynn Voaden ; Sex and lust / Bruce Holsinger ; Animals in Chaucer / Gillian Rudd - Part IV. Culture, learning and disciplines. Childhood and education / Nicholas Orme ; Philosophy / Stephen Penn ; The Medieval universe / Seb Falk ; Medicine and the mortal body / Samantha Katz Seal ; The Law / Richard W. Ireland ; Art / Julian Luxford ; Architecture / Richard Fawcett ; Heraldry, heralds and Chaucer / Katie Stevenson
Part V. Political and social contexts. Dissent and orthodoxy / John H. Arnold ; Church, religion and culture / Rob Lutton ; England at home and abroad / Anne Curry ; Chaucer's borders / Anthony Bale ; Rank and social orders / Chris Given-Wilson ; Chivalry / Craig Taylor ; Chaucer and the polity / Gwylim Dodd ; The economy / Christopher Dyer ; Towns, villages and the land / Mark Bailey ; London's Chaucer : a psychogeography / John J. Thompson ; Everyday life / Wendy Childs ; Household and home / Peter Fleming ; Marriage / Sally Dixon-Smith ; Dress / Laura F. Hodges
Part VI. Chaucer traditions. The First Chaucerians : reception in the 1400s / Robert J. Meyer-Lee ; The reception of Chaucer in the Renaissance / Alex Davis ; The reception of Chaucer from Dryden to Wordsworth / Bruce E. Graver ; The reception of Chaucer from the Victorians to the twenty-first century / David Matthews ; Cyber-Chaucer / Stephen Kelly.
