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.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Epstein, Epstein Robert
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781786831682
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-168-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: New Century Chaucer; New Century Chaucer
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; 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