Chaucer's gifts: exchange and value in the canterbury tales
Auteur :
Epstein, Robert
Éditeur :
University of Wales Press
ISBN :
9781786831699
Date de publication :
1 févr. 2018
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Chaucer’s Gifts applies the theoretical approaches of economic anthropology to the Canterbury Tales, to show that in Chaucer’s world the exchange of gifts is as prevalent as the purchase of commodities, and that social relations are as important as money and the market.