Description: CHAUCER STUDIES XXXIII: ETHICS AND EXEMPLARY NARRATIVE IN CHAUCER AND GOWERby J. Allan Mitchell Published by D. S. Brewer, 2004. First Edition. Very good hardcover, no dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, bumped edges, previous owner’s signature to ffep, clean unmarked text. 8vo, 157 pages. A lively defense of the ethics of exemplary narrative, and a detailed account of its forms and functioning in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and John Gower.Why do medieval writers routinely make use of exemplary rhetoric? How does it work, and what are its ethical and poetical values? And if Chaucer and Gower must be seen as vigorously subverting it, then why do they persist in using it? Borrowing from recent developments in ethical criticism and theory, this book addresses such questions by reconstructing a late medieval rationale for the ethics of exemplary narrative. The author argues that Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Gower's Confessio Amantis attest to the vitality of a narrative - rather than strictly normative - ethics that has roots in premodern traditions of practical reason and rhetoric. Chaucer and Gower are shown to be inheritors and respecters of an early and unexpected form of ethical pragmatism - which has profound implications for the orthodox history of ethics in the West.Recipient of the 2008 John H. Fisher Award for significant contribution to the field of Gower Studies.Dr J. ALLAN MITCHELL teaches in the Department of English, University of Victoria. Loc: E14StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackJOHN GOWER CHAUCER CONFESSIO AMANTIS Medieval Early English CANTERBURY TALES 1st CHAUCER STUDIES XXXIII: ETHICS AND EXEMPLARY NARRATIVE IN CHAUCER AND GOWERby J. Allan Mitchell Published by D. S. Brewer, 2004. First Edition. Very good hardcover, no dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, bumped edges, previous owner’s signature to ffep, clean unmarked text. 8vo, 157 pages. A lively defense of the ethics of exemplary narrative, and a detailed account of its forms and functioning in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and John Gower.Why do medieval writers routinely make use of exemplary rhetoric? How does it work, and what are its ethical and poetical values? And if Chaucer and Gower must be seen as vigorously subverting it, then why do they persist in using it? Borrowing from recent developments in ethical criticism and theory, this book addresses such questions by reconstructing a late medieval rationale for the ethics of exemplary narrative. The author argues that Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Gower's Confessio Amantis attest to the vitality of a narrative - rather than strictly normative - ethics that has roots in premodern traditions of practical reason and rhetoric. Chaucer and Gower are shown to be inheritors and respecters of an early and unexpected form of ethical pragmatism - which has profound implications for the orthodox history of ethics in the West.Recipient of the 2008 John H. Fisher Award for significant contribution to the field of Gower Studies.Dr J. ALLAN MITCHELL teaches in the Department of English, University of Victoria. Loc: E14
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Topic: Classic Literature, Literary Criticism, Literature, Rhetoric, Medieval Literature, Middle English, history, English Literature, JOHN GOWER, GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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Book Title: ETHICS AND EXEMPLARY NARRATIVE IN CHAUCER AND GOWER
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