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"When Lady Philosophy, coming to rescue the ailing Boethius, castigates the "poetical muses" around his bed as "comune strompettis," she poses a problem for any medieval poet who seeks to reconcile art with morality. According to medieval theory, it was the poet's duty to instruct and uplift through moral wisdom, but Chaucer's gifts led him to an artistic vision independent of moral sanctions, one with the energy and vitality of life itself. Although...
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"This book makes a vigorous reassessment of the moral dimension in Chaucer's writings. Concentrating mainly on The Canterbury Tales, Alcuin Blamires discloses how Chaucer adapts the composite inherited traditions of moral literature to shape the significance and the gender implications of his narratives. Chaucer, Ethics, and Gender is therefore not a theorization of ethical reading, but a discussion of Chaucer's engagement with the literature of practical...
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