| Philosophical Chaucer: Love, Sex, and Agency in the Canterbury Tales Contributor(s): Miller, Mark (Author), Minnis, Alastair (Editor), Boyde, Patrick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521842360 ISBN-13: 9780521842365 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: While most Chaucer critics interested in gender and sexuality have used psychoanalytic theory to analyze Chaucer's poetry, Mark Miller re-examines the links between sexuality and the philosophical analysis of agency in medieval texts such as the Canterbury Tales, Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, and the Romance of the Rose. Chaucer's philosophical sophistication provides the basis for a new interpretation of the emerging notions of sexual desire and romantic love in the late Middle Ages. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.1 |
| LCCN: 2004056823 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.35 lbs) 302 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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Contributor Bio(s): Miller, Mark: - Mark Miller is Associate Professor of English at the University of Chicago. |