Ethics and exemplary narrative in Chaucer and Gower /

A lively defence of the ethics of exemplary narrative, and a detailed account of its forms and functioning in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and John Gower.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mitchell, J. Allan (John Allan), 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2004.
Series:Chaucer studies ; 33.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Ethics.
Gower, John, > 1325?-1408. > Confessio amantis.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Technique.
Gower, John, > 1325?-1408 > Technique.
Gower, John, > 1325?-1408 > Ethics.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400.
Gower, John, > 1325?-1408.
Confessio amantis (Gower, John)
Ethics, Medieval, in literature.
Exempla in literature.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Morale médiévale dans la littérature.
Exempla dans la littérature.
Rhétorique médiévale.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Ethics.
Technique.
Ethiek.
Retorica.
Exempelen.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Reading for the moral : controversies and trajectories
  • Rhetorical reason : cases, conscience, and circumstances
  • Gower for example : Confessio Amantis and The measure of the case
  • All that is written for our doctrine : proof, remembrance, conscience
  • Moral chaucer : ethics of exemplarity in the Canterbury tales
  • Pointing the moral : the friar, summoner, and pardoner's satire
  • Griselda and the question of ethical monstrosity.

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