Shame and Guilt in Chaucer
Description
Explores the representation of emotions as psychological concepts and cultural constructs in Geoffrey Chaucer's narrative poetry. McTaggart argues that Chaucer's main works including The Canterbury Tales are united thematically in their positive view of guilt and in their anxiety about the desire for sacrifice and vengeance that shame can provoke.
Keywords
HistoryEuropeMedievalLiterary CriticismPoetryEuropeanAncient & Classical
2012Book
Author(s)Anne McTaggart
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780230337381
LanguageEnglish
