Congenial souls : reading Chaucer from medieval to postmodern

Chaucer has been a persistently popular subject for editors, scholars and readers. This detailed and often challenging study, parts of which have been published before or presented as lectures, examines the changing nature of Chaucerian studies and the significance of Chaucer's works as a bridge between the medieval and modern worlds. The congenial souls' are Chaucer's readers, a Chaucerian community' from which no one is excluded.