Philosophical Chaucer : love, sex, and agency in the Canterbury tales / Mark Miller.
Title:
Philosophical Chaucer : love, sex, and agency in the Canterbury tales / Mark Miller.
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Publication:
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Publication Date:
2004
ISBN:
9780521842365
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-280) and index.
Contents:
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.
Content Type:
text
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volume
Language:
English
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