| Description |
xxv, 264 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Medieval cultures ; v. 34
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Medieval cultures ; v. 34.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Queer theory and postcolonial analysis are brought to bear on Chaucer. Bruger argues that, under the pressure of producing a poetic vision for a new vernacular English audience in the 'Canterbury Tales', Chaucer reimagined late medieval relations between the body and the community. |
| Contents |
1. Shameful Pleasures -- 2. Medieval Conjugality and the Canterbury Tales -- 3. Modernity and Marriage in the Canterbury Tales -- 4. Queer Performativity in Fragment VI -- 5. Desiring Machines -- 6. Post-ality and the "End" of the Canterbury Tales. |
| Subject |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Homosexuality and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Homosexuality and literature. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Domestic relations in literature.
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Domestic relations in literature. |
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Human body in literature.
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Human body in literature. |
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Sex in literature.
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Sex in literature. |
| ISBN |
0816638055 acid-free paper |
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9780816638055 acid-free paper |
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0816638063 paperback acid-free paper |
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9780816638062 paperback acid-free paper |
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