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Shame and guilt in Chaucer [electronic resource] / Anne McTaggart.

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This book explores Chaucer's representation of shame and guilt in the context of modern affect theory. By showing how shame pervades Chaucer's texts but guilt is largely invisible, inaccessible, or resistant to full disclosure, McTaggart challenges perceptions, positions the work in relati...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: McTaggart, Anne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2012.
Series:New Middle Ages.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shame in literature.
Guilt in literature.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Shame and Guilt, Now and Then
  • Shamed Guiltless in Chaucer's Pagan Antiquity
  • Honor, Purity, and Sacrifice in the Knight's Tale and the Physician's Tale
  • Structures of Reciprocity in Chaucerian Romance
  • The Ills of Illocution: Shame, Guilt, and Confession in the Pardoner's Tale and the Parson's Tale
  • Conclusion: Chaucer and Medieval Shame Culture.

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