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.

A propos de l'auteur

Robert Epstein is associate professor of English at Fairfield University, in Connecticut.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Robert Epstein, Epstein Robert
• Edition: University of Wales Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781786831699
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-169-9
• Pages: 256
• Thèmes: New Century Chaucer; New Century Chaucer
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Englisch, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter, 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