4. Chaucer's Ricardian Allegories

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Abbreviations xii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Materia of Allegorical Invention 23
7. 2. "Full of Enigmas":John Ball's Letters and Piers Plowman 44
8. 3· Gower's Arian and "Cithero" 73
9. 4. Chaucer's Ricardian Allegories 94
10. 5· Penitential Politics in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Richard II, Richard of Arundel, and Robert de Vere 117
11. 6. Joan of Are, Margaret of Anjou, and Malory's Guenevere at the Stake 138
12. Conclusion 161
13. Notes 167
14. Bibliography 199
15. Index 213