The disenchanted self : representing the subject in the Canterbury tales /

The question of the "dramatic principle" in the Canterbury Tales, of whether and how the individual tales relate to the pilgrims who are supposed to tell them, has long been a central issue in the interpretation of Chaucer's work. Drawing on ideas from deconstruction, psychoanalysis,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leicester, H. Marshall (Henry Marshall), 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1990.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > Canterbury tales.
Canterbury tales (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
Tales, Medieval > History and criticism.
Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature.
Poetry > Psychological aspects.
Subjectivity in literature.
Point of view (Literature)
Persona (Literature)
Self in literature.
Contes médiévaux > Histoire et critique.
Conscience de soi dans la littérature.
Poésie > Aspect psychologique.
Subjectivité dans la littérature.
Point de vue (Littérature)
Persona (Littérature)
Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature
Poetry > Psychological aspects
Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature
Self in literature
Subjectivity in literature
Tales, Medieval
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chaucer's Subject
  • The Pardoner as Disenchanted Consciousness and Despairing Self
  • Self-Presentation and Disenchantment in the Wife of Bath's Prologue: A Prospective View
  • Retrospective Revision and the Emergence of the Subject in the Wife of Bath's Prologue
  • Janekyn's Book: The Subject as Text
  • Subjectivity and Disenchantment: The Wife of Bath's Tale as Institutional Critique
  • The Subject Engendered
  • The Pardoner as Subject: Deconstruction and Practical Consciousness
  • From Deconstruction to Psychoanalysis and Beyond: Disenchantment and the "Masculine" Imagination
  • The "Feminine" Imagination and Jouissance
  • The Institution of the Subject: A Reading of the Knight's Tale
  • The Knight's Critique of Genre I: Ambivalence and Generic Style
  • The Knight's Critique of Genre II: From Representation to Revision
  • Regarding Knighthood: A Practical Critique of the "Masculine" Gaze
  • The Unhousing of the Gods: Character, Habitus, and Necessity in Part III
  • Choosing Manhood: The "Masculine" Imagination and the Institution of the Subject
  • Doing Knighthood: Heroic Disenchantment and the Subject of Chivalry
  • Conclusion: The Disenchanted Self.

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