The Disenchanted Self

Released on by H. Marshall Leicester Jr.
preview-18

  • The Disenchanted Self Book Detail

  • Author : H. Marshall Leicester Jr.
  • Release Date : 2023-04-28
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 467
  • ISBN 13 : 0520341244
  • File Size : 30,30 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

The Disenchanted Self by H. Marshall Leicester Jr. PDF Summary

Book Description: The question of the "dramatic principle" in the Canterbury Tales, of whether and how the individual tales relate to the pilgrims who are supposed to tell them, has long been a central issue in the interpretation of Chaucer's work. Drawing on ideas from deconstruction, psychoanalysis, and social theory, Leicester proposes that Chaucer can lead us beyond the impasses of contemporary literary theory and suggests new approaches to questions of agency, representation, and the gendered imagination. Leicester reads the Canterbury Tales as radically voiced and redefines concepts like "self" and "character" in the light of current discussions of language and subjectivity. He argues for Chaucer's disenchanted practical understanding of the constructed character of the self, gender, and society, building his case through close readings of the Pardoner's, Wife of Bath's, and Knight's tales. His study is among the first major treatments of Chaucer's poetry utilizing the techniques of contemporary literary theory and provides new models for reading the poems while revising many older views of them and of Chaucer's relation to his age. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990. The question of the "dramatic principle" in the Canterbury Tales, of whether and how the individual tales relate to the pilgrims who are supposed to tell them, has long been a central issue in the interpretation of Chaucer's work. Drawing on ideas

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own The Disenchanted Self books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

The Disenchanted Self

The Disenchanted Self

File Size : 21,21 MB
Total View : 9347 Views
DOWNLOAD

The question of the "dramatic principle" in the Canterbury Tales, of whether and how the individual tales relate to the pilgrims who are supposed to tell them,

The Historical Background of Chemistry

The Historical Background of Chemistry

File Size : 24,24 MB
Total View : 7087 Views
DOWNLOAD

Professor Leicester traces the development of chemistry through the thoughts and ideas of practitioners and theorists, from Aristotle and Plato to Curie and 20t

Deviate

Deviate

File Size : 15,15 MB
Total View : 9258 Views
DOWNLOAD

Beau Lotto, the world-renowned neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and two-time TED speaker, takes us on a tour of how we perceive the world, and how disrupting it le

Engineering Chemistry

Engineering Chemistry

File Size : 61,61 MB
Total View : 9319 Views
DOWNLOAD

Engineering Chemistry presents the subject with the aim of providing clear and sufficient understanding of chemistry to the students of engineering, as the same