Philosophical Chaucer love, sex, and agency in the Canterbury tales
"Mark Miller's innovative study argues that Chaucer's Canterbury Tales represent an extended meditation on agency, autonomy, and practical reason. This philosophical aspect of Chaucer's interests can help us understand what is both sophisticated and disturbing about his explorati...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2004.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 55. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38380420*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Chaucer and the problem of normativity
- Naturalism and its discontents in the Miller's Tale
- Normative longing in the Knight's Tale
- Agency and dialectic in the Consolation of Philosophy
- Sadomasochism and utopia in the Roman de la Rose
- Suffering love in the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
- Love's promise: the Clerk's Tale and the scandal of the unconditional.
