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Father Chaucer and the apologists : Cecily Chaumpaigne and 700 years of rape culture / Sarah Baechle.

De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2025 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Baechle, Sarah, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
Chaucer, Geoffrey.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Criticism and interpretation.
Rape culture--History.
Rape culture.
Sex crimes in literature.
England--Civilization--1066-1485.
England.
Genre:
Literary criticism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2025]
Summary:
"Explores a controversial 1380 document accusing Geoffrey Chaucer of rape, examining historical discourses on sex, consent, and violation. Reveals how Chaucer studies and rape culture intersect, offering reparative readings of Chaucer's depictions of sexual violence as complex, assailant-driven narratives"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Class coercions : Victorian sexuality, epistemologies of consent, and the Miller's tale
Letters of the law : cautionary directives, discourses of trauma, and the Reeve's Tale
Reasonable rapists : myths of Consent, the mistake of fact defense, and Troilus and Criseyde
Rapists with potential : Philogynist Chaucer, the wife of bath, and the work of reparation.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Other Format:
Print version: Baechle, Sarah. Father Chaucer and the apologists.
ISBN:
9780271099798
0271099798
9780271099781
027109978X
OCLC:
1522510487
Publisher Number:
CIPO000208126
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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