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1. The social and literary scene in England Paul Strohm; 2. Chaucer'sFrench inheritance Ardis Butterfield; 3. Chaucer's Italian inheritance DavidWallace; 4. Old books brought to life in dreams: the Book of the Duchess, theHouse of Fame, the Parliament of Fowls Piero Boitani; 5. Telling the story inTroilus and Criseyde Mark Lambert; 6. Chance and destiny in Troilus andCriseyde and The Knight's Tale Jill Mann; 7. The Legend of Good Women JuliaBoffey and A. S. G. Edwards; 8. The Canterbury Tales: personal drama orexperiments in poetic variety? C. David Benson; 9. The Canterbury Tales I:Romance J. A. Burrow; 10. The Canterbury Tales II: Comedy Derek Pearsall; 11.The Canterbury Tales III: Pathos Robert Worth Frank, Jr.; 12. The CanterburyTales IV: Exemplum and fable A. C. Spearing; 13. Literary structures inChaucer Barry A. Windeatt; 14. Chaucer's style Christopher Cannon; 15.Chaucer's presence and absence, 1400-1542 James Simpson; 16. New approachesto Chaucer Carolyn Dinshaw; 17. Further reading: a guide to Chaucer studiesJoerg Fichte.