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Chaucer, Ethics, and Gender.

This book makes a vigorous reassessment of the moral dimension in Chaucer's writings. For the Middle Ages, the study of human behaviour generally signified the study of the morality of attitudes, choices, and actions. Moreover, moral analysis was not gender neutral: it presupposed that certain...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blamires, Alcuin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2006.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Criticism and interpretation.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Ethics.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Canterbury tales.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400
Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
Ethics, Medieval, in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Virtues in literature.
Literature.
Literature
Morale médiévale dans la littérature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Vertus dans la littérature.
Littérature.
English.
European.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Ancient & Classical.
Ethics
Ethics, Medieval, in literature
Sex role in literature
Virtues in literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book makes a vigorous reassessment of the moral dimension in Chaucer's writings. For the Middle Ages, the study of human behaviour generally signified the study of the morality of attitudes, choices, and actions. Moreover, moral analysis was not gender neutral: it presupposed that certain virtues and certain failings were largely gender-specific. Alcuin Blamires - mainly concentrating on The Canterbury Tales - discloses how Chaucer adapts the composite inheritedtraditions of moral literature to shape the significance and the gender implications of his narratives. Chaucer, Ethics, and Gend.
Physical Description:1 online resource (276 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191530241
0191530247
9780199248674
0199248672