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Biographical note
Helen Cooper is Professor Emeritus of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge. After a Research Fellowship at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, she was appointed to a tutorial fellowship at University College, Oxford, in medieval and early modern English in 1978, as their first woman fellow (and was later made an Honorary Fellow). She then moved to the Chair in Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge in 2004, at Magdalene College (Emeritus Professor and Life Fellow from 2014). She was a co-editor of Medium Ævum 1989-2002 and is a Fellow of the British Academy.Review from previous edition 'marked by wit, learning, intelligence, and that rarest of critical virtues, good judgement...a genuine guide whose abundant information and good sense make it a sure foundation for series work on The Canterbury Tales. Although especially useful for those, on any level, studying Chaucer for the first time, experienced Chaucerians will find it a helpful companion to The Riverside Chaucer. For teaching or research this is now the first book on The Canterbury Tales to consult after reading the text itself.'
Studies in the Age of Chaucer
'Cooper's guide is a more powerful book than any previous aid or introduction to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It presents the lively generous mind of a serious scholar and a sensitive reader.'
Notes & Queries
'This is a major book with many virtues...a book with much to offer its reader.'
Review of English Studies
'a well-written and reliable guide through a mass of material that largely transcends the limitations of its form to offer critical analysis of lasting value.'
Archiv für das Stadium der neueren Sprachan und Literaturen
Cooper offers us a splendid galaxy of comments and insights, with a wide range of criticism old and new; the result is very much her own voice, combining experience and authority.
Elizabeth Archibald, SELIM Journal