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