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Chaucer's Jobs, Paperback by Carlson, David R., Brand New, Free shipping in t...

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Item Height: 0.4 in Book Title: Chaucer's Jobs Language: English Author: David R. Carlson Series: The New Middle Ages Ser. height: 0.4 in width: 5.5 in ISBN: 9780230602434 Item Weight: 8.4 Oz Publication Year: 2008 Item Length: 8.5 in Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Law, Political Science, Fiction, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics Number of Pages: VII, 168 Pages Item Width: 5.5 in Format: Trade Paperback Publication Name: Chaucer's Jobs Subject: Medieval, Royalty, Public Finance, Public Affairs & Administration, General, Literary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Type: Textbook

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Chaucer's Jobs, Paperback by Carlson, David R., Brand New, Free shipping in t.... Chaucer's Jobs shows that the servile and disciplinary nature of the daily work Chaucer did was repeated in his poetry, which by turns flatters his aristocratic betters and deals out discipline to malcontent others. Chaucer's Jobs, Paperback by Carlson, David R., ISBN 0230602436, ISBN-13 9780230602434, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Geoffrey Chaucer was not a writer, primarily, but a privileged official place-holder. Prone to violence, including rape, assault, and extortion, the poet was employed first at domestic personal service and subsequently at police-work of various sorts, protecting the established order during a period of massive social upset. Chaucer's Jobs shows that the servile and disciplinary nature of the daily work Chaucer did was repeated in his poetry, which by turns flatters his aristocratic betters and deals out discipline to malcontent others. Carlson contends that it was this social-political quality of Chaucer's writings, not artistic merit, that made him the 'Father of English Poetry'.

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