Chaucer, ethics, and gender
Alcuin Blamires explains how Chaucer shapes human problems in terms of the uneasy mix of moral traditions at the time. He looks at the main ethical and gender issues that dominate Chaucer's work
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 Online-Ressource (263 Seiten)
9780191714696, 9780199248674, 0191714690, 0199248672
1011092561
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Introduction ; 1. Fellowship and Detraction in the Architecture of the Canterbury Tales: from the General Prologue and the Knight's Tale to the Parson's Prologue ; 2. Credulity and Vision: the Miller's Tale, the Merchant's Tale, the Wife of Bath's Tale ; 3. Sex and Lust: The Merchant's Tale, The Reeve's Tale, and other Tales ; 4. The Ethics of Sufficiency: the Man of Law's Introduction and Tale, the Shipman's Tale ; 5. Liberality: the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale and the Franklin's Tale ; 6. Problems of Patience: the Franklin's Tale, the Clerk's Tale, the Nun's Priest's Tale ; 7. Men, Women and Moral Jurisdiction: the Friar's Tale, the Physician's Tale, and the Pardoner ; 8. Proprieties of Work and Speech: the Second Nun's Prologue and Tale, the Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale, the Manciple's Prologue and Tale, and the Parson's Prologue ; Conclusion