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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Blurton, Heather
Johnson, Hannah R. (1974-....)
Titre(s) : The critics and the prioress [Texte imprimé] : antisemitism, criticism, and Chaucer's "Prioress's tale" / Heather Blurton and Hannah Johnson
Publication : Ann Arbor : University of Michigan press, 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (218 p.) ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; The critics and the prioress : a retrospective ; Missing sources,
text networks, and "Yonge Hugh of Lyncoln" ; "Quod she" : gender, antisemitism, and
criticism ; Chaucer's first critics : reading the Prioress's tale in the fifteenth
century ; Afterword.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and index
"Of all the Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer's Prioress's Tale, in which a young
schoolboy is murdered by Jews for singing a song in praise of the Virgin Mary, poses
a problem to contemporary readers because of the antisemitism of the story it tells.
Both the Tale's antisemitism and its "Chaucerianism"--Its fitness or aptness as part
of the Chaucerian canon--are significant topics of reflection for modern readers,
who worry about the Tale's ethical implications as well as Chaucer's own implications.
Over the past fifty years, scholars have asked whether the antisemitism in the tale
is that of the Prioress? Or of Chaucer the pilgrim? Or of Chaucer the author? Or,
indeed, whether one ought to discuss antisemitism in the Prioress's Tale at all, considering
the potential anachronism of expecting medieval texts to conform to contemporary ideologies.
The Critics and the Prioress responds to a critical stalemate between the demands
of ethics and the entailments of methodology. The book addresses key moments in criticism
of the Prioress's Tale--particularly those which stage an encounter between historicism
and ethics--in order to interrogate these critical impasses while suggesting new modes
for future encounters. It is an effort to identify, engage, and reframe some significant--and
perennially repeated--arguments staked out in this criticism, such as the roles of
gender, aesthetics, source studies, and the appropriate relationship between ethics
and historicism. The Critics and the Prioress will be an essential resource for Chaucer
scholars researching as well as teaching the Prioress's Tale. Scholars and students
of Middle English literature and medieval culture more generally will also be interested
in this book's rigorous analysis of contemporary scholarly approaches to expressions
of antisemitism in Chaucer's England"
Sujet(s) : Chaucer, Geoffrey (1340?-1400). The prioress's tale -- Thèmes, motifs
Antisémitisme -- Dans la littérature
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780472130344. - ISBN 047213034X. - ISBN 9780472122813 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45308517q
Notice n° :
FRBNF45308517
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