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Game theory has its applications in contexts as varied as business, biology and military strategy. But, as Ben Sweeney discovers, it can be a very useful tool for analysing fantasy fiction too.

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The Complete Critical Guide to Chaucer

The Complete Critical Guide to Chaucer

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  • Type: Paperback
  • Online availability: Available for despatch in 2 business days from our warehouse.
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd 
  • Publication date: 29/03/2001 
  • ISBN-13: 9780415202428 
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So many questions surround the key figures in the English literary canon, but most books focus on one aspect of an author's life or work, or limit themselves to a single critical approach. The Complete Critical Guide to Geoffrey Chaucer is part of a unique series of comprehensive, user-friendly introductions which: offer basic information on an author's life, contexts and works outline the major critical issues surrounding the author's works, from the time they were written to the present leave judgements up to you, by explaining the full range of often very different critical views and interpretations offer guides to further reading in each area discussed. This series had a broad focus but one very clear aim: to equip you with all the knowledge you need to make your own new readings of crucial literary texts.

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