Bad Chaucer : the great poet's greatest mistakes in the Canterbury tales / Tison Pugh.
2024
PR1874
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Title
Bad Chaucer : the great poet's greatest mistakes in the Canterbury tales / Tison Pugh.
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ISBN
9780472221257 electronic book
0472221256 electronic book
9780472133444 hardcover book
0472221256 electronic book
9780472133444 hardcover book
Published
Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2024.
Copyright
©2024
Language
English
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In English and Middle English.
Description
1 online resource (x, 257 pages)
Item Number
10.3998/mpub.12090206 doi
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PR1874
Dewey Decimal Classification
821/.1 OCoLC
Summary
Acclaimed for centuries as the "Father of English Literature," Geoffrey Chaucer enjoys widespread and effusive praise for his classic Canterbury Tales--and rightfully so. Still, even the greatest of authors cannot claim perfection, and so Bad Chaucer: The Great Poet's Greatest Mistakes in the Canterbury Tales analyzes his various missteps, missed opportunities, and other blunders in this peerless masterpiece. From a vexing catalog of trees in the Knight's Tale to the flirtations with blasphemy in the Parson's Tale, this volume progresses through the Canterbury Tales story by story, tale by tale, pondering the most egregious failing of each in turn. Viewed collectively, Chaucer's troubles stem from clashing genres that disrupt interpretive clarity, themeless themes that undermine any message a tale might convey, mischaracterized characters who act without clear motivation, purposeful and otherwise pleasureful badness that show Chaucer's appreciation for the humor of bad literature, and outmoded perspectives that threaten to alienate modern readers. Badness is not always to be lamented but often celebrated, even cherished, for badness infuses artistic creations with the vitality that springs from varied responses, spirited engagements, and the inherent volatility of enjoying literature. On the whole, Bad Chaucer: The Great Poet's Greatest Mistakes in the Canterbury Tales swerves literary criticism in a new direction by examining the provocative question, for too long overlooked, of what this great author got wrong.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-257).
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