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Desire in the Canterbury Tales (Interventions: New Studies Medieval Cult)

Full title: Desire in the Canterbury Tales (Interventions: New Studies Medieval Cult)
ISBN: 9780814212783
ISBN 10: 0814212786
Authors: Scala, Elizabeth
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Edition: 1
Num. pages: 248
Binding: Hardcover
Language: en
Published on: 2015

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Synopsis

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. Elizabeth Scala. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.