Philosophical Chaucer: love, sex, and agency in The Canterbury tales

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2005-10-01otherChoice Reviews Online165 citationsclosed

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Medieval Literature and History Medieval Philosophy and Theology Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies

Abstract

Acknowledgements Introduction: Chaucer and the problem of normativity 1. Naturalism and its discontents in the Miller's Tale 2. Normative longing in the Knight's Tale 3. Agency and dialectic in the Consolation of Philosophy 4. Sadomasochism and utopia in the Roman de la Rose 5. Suffering love in the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale 6. Love's promise: the Clerk's Tale and the scandal of the unconditional Notes Bibliography Index.

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