Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Preamble viii
5. Acknowledgements xi
6. List of abbreviations xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 Literary value and the object of Chaucer studies 19
9. 2 A preliminary theory of literary valuing 70
10. 3 Loose binding and its affordances 99
11. 4 Canonicity 135
12. 5 Interpretation 189
13. Postscript 237
14. References 242
15. Index 260