Description |
1 online resource (157 pages) |
Series |
Chaucer studies, 0261-9822 ; 33 |
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Chaucer studies ; 33. 0261-9822
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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 |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-153) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Ethics
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Gower, John, 1325?-1408. Confessio amantis
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Technique
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Gower, John, 1325?-1408 -- Technique
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Gower, John, 1325?-1408 -- Ethics
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SUBJECT |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 fast |
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Gower, John, 1325?-1408 fast |
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Confessio amantis (Gower, John) fast |
Subject |
Ethics, Medieval, in literature.
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Exempla in literature.
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Rhetoric, Medieval.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Ethics
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Ethics, Medieval, in literature
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Exempla in literature
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Rhetoric, Medieval
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Technique
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Ethiek.
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Retorica.
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Exempelen.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781846152672 |
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1846152674 |
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