Format:
X, 225 S
ISBN:
9780814212783
Series Statement:
Interventions: New Studies in Medieval Culture
Content:
Introduction: Mobility and contestation -- "We witen nat what thing we preyen heere": desire, knowledge, and the ruse of satisfaction in The knight's tale -- Misreading like the reeve -- Symptoms of desire in Chaucer's wives and clerks -- Disfigurements of desire in Chaucer's religious tales -- Conclusion: Reading and misreading Chaucer
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction: Mobility and contestation"We witen nat what thing we preyen heere": desire, knowledge, and the ruse of satisfaction in The knight's tale -- Misreading like the reeve -- Symptoms of desire in Chaucer's wives and clerks -- Disfigurements of desire in Chaucer's religious tales -- Conclusion: Reading and misreading Chaucer.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Begierde
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Chaucer, Geoffrey 1343-1400 The Canterbury tales
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