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Chaucerotics

Uncloaking the Language of Sex in The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde
The New Middle Ages

von: Geoffrey W. Gust
64,19 €
Verlag:	Palgrave Macmillan
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	12.07.2018
ISBN/EAN:	9783319897462
Sprache:	englisch

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Titelbeschreibung

Chaucerotics examines the erotic language in Chaucerian literature through a unique lens, utilizing the tools of “pornographic literary theory” to open up Chaucer’s ribald poetry to fresh modes of analysis. By introducing and applying the notion of “Chaucerotics,” this study argues for a more historically-nuanced and theoretically-sophisticated understanding of the obscene content in Chaucer’s fabliaux and Troilus and Criseyde. This book demonstrates that the sexually suggestive language of this magisterial Middle English poet could stimulate and titillate various literary audiences in late medieval England, and even goes so far as to suggest that Chaucer might well be understood as the “Father of English pornography” for playing a notable, liminal role in the development of porn as a literary genre. In making this case, Geoffrey W. Gust presents an insightful account of an important intellectual issue and opens up the subject of premodern pornography to consideration in a way that is new and highly provocative.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction:  Chaucerotics and the Problem of Medieval Pornography.- Chapter 1:  Chaucerotics and the Cloak of Language in the Fabliaux.- Chapter 2:  “Ther was the revel and the melodye”:  The Playful Cloak of Language in The Miller’s Tale.- Chapter 3:  “On this goode wyf he leith on soore”: The Brutal Chauceroticism of The Reeve’s Tale.- Chapter 4:  “And in he throng”:  The Anti-Chivalric Chauceroticism of The Merchant’s Tale.- Chapter 5:  “And of his owene thought he wax al reed”:  Chaucerotics and the Poetics of Prostitution in The Shipman’s Tale.- Chapter 6:  “Swych feste it joye was to sene”: On the Pornographic Possibilities of Troilus and Criseyde.- Conclusion:  Uncloaking the Language of Sex in The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde.

Autorenportrait

Geoffrey W. Gust is Assistant Professor of Critical Thinking at Stockton University, USA, where he coordinates writing across the curriculum and teaches a variety of humanities courses.  His research interests are trans-historical and cross-cultural, with particular emphasis on late medieval Europe, critical theory, and intellectual history.

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Chaucerotics examines the erotic language in Chaucerian literature through a unique lens, utilizing the tools of “pornographic literary theory” to open up Chaucer’s ribald poetry to fresh modes of analysis. By introducing and applying the notion of “Chaucerotics,” this study argues for a more historically-nuanced and theoretically-sophisticated understanding of the obscene content in Chaucer’s fabliaux and Troilus and Criseyde. This book demonstrates that the sexually suggestive language of this magisterial Middle English poet could stimulate and titillate various literary audiences in late medieval England, and even goes so far as to suggest that Chaucer might well be understood as the “Father of English pornography” for playing a notable, liminal role in the development of porn as a literary genre. In making this case, Geoffrey W. Gust presents an insightful account of an important intellectual issue and opens up the subject of premodern pornography to consideration in a way that is new and highly provocative.

Sonderbeitrag

Breaks new ground by utilizing both “pornographic literary theory” and historical foregrounding Connects discussions of Chaucer’s erotics to larger questions about premodern pornography within medieval studies Covers a wide swath of Chaucer’s work including topics such as brutal Chauceroticism in the Reeve’s Tale and the poetics of prostitution in the Shipman’s Tale

Unpublished endorsement

“Chaucerotics is sure to inspire passionate debate, but it will be controversial precisely because Geoffrey Gust makes such a lucid case for the existence of a pornographic impulse in medieval literature, using Chaucer’s works as his test case. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of representations of sexuality.” (Robert S. Sturges, Professor of English, Arizona State University, USA and author of Chaucer’s Pardoner and Gender Theory (Palgrave Macmillan, 2000) and The Circulation of Power in Medieval Biblical Drama, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)