Chaucer''s Gifts - Exchange and Value in the Canterbury Tales

Chaucer's Gifts applies the theoretical approaches of economic anthropology to the Canterbury Tales, to show that in Chaucer's world the exchange of gifts is as prevalent as the purchase of commodities, and that social relations are as important as money and the market.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert Epstein, Epstein Robert
• Verlag: University of Wales Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781786831682
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-168-2
• Seiten: 256
• Serien: New Century Chaucer; New Century Chaucer
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; English, Canterbury, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Gifts, tales, Value, Exchange, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Chaucer's