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- Congenial Souls: Reading Chaucer from Medieval to Postmodern
- Book
- 2001
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
- Series: Medieval Cultures
summary
Congenial Souls surveys the critical literature from the late Middle Ages to the contemporary period to show how editors and critics constructed various voices as a response -- even a supplement -- to Chaucer's work. Concentrating on turning points in the history of this discourse and in the creation of a special Chaucerian community, Trigg arrives at the fraught notion of a critical community in our day. What, she asks, do feminist studies or cultural studies portend for such an author-based literary communion? And if Chaucer is the original "dead white male" author, what will happen to Chaucer studies and medieval studies in the new millennium? The moment is propitious, Trigg suggests, for Chaucerians to investigate their own critical history and its inherent contradictions. Richly informed, her work establishes a strong basis for such an examination.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Abbreviations
- pp. xi-xii
- 5. Translating Chaucer for Modernity
- pp. 144-156
- 6. Reading Chaucer outside the Academy
- pp. 157-194
- About the Author
- p. 281
- About the Series
- pp. 282-284
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816652983
Related ISBN(s)
9780816638239
MARC Record
OCLC
180702463
Pages
312
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No