The Naked Text: Chaucer's <i>Legend of Good Women</i>

"Delany's book is the most convincing argument yet for the importance of the Legend both on its own terms and in terms of Chaucer's career and literary climate. She convincingly demolishes the sense of the work on the part of its detractors and defenders as naive or obvious. Instead, she rediscovers a surprisingly unrecognized Chaucerian ironic mode, which in light of feminist theory complicates Chaucer's place vis-agrave;-vis the representation of women. It will be the most widely cited study of theLegend of Good Womenfor some time to come."--John M. Ganim, author ofChaucerian Theatricality "After this book, it will never be possible to 'trivialize' the Legend or to underestimate its importance in the canon of Chaucer's works again. This beautifully written book is more than just another book on Chaucer: this is a book on Chaucer that we really need."--R. A. Shoaf, editor of Chaucer'sTroilus and CriseydeDelany, Sheila is the author of 'The Naked Text: Chaucer's Legend of Good Women', published 1994 under ISBN 9780520081192 and ISBN 0520081196.