Fallible Authors: Chaucer's Pardoner and Wife of Bath

Alastair Minnis

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2008

Fallible Authors

Chaucer's Pardoner and Wife of Bath

Alastair Minnis

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812205718

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About this book

Alastair Minnis reveals Chaucer's Pardoner and Wife of Bath as interconnected aspects of a radical literary experiment, wherein the relationship between objective authority and subjective fallibility is confronted as never before.

Author / Editor information

Alastair Minnis is Professor of English at Yale University. He is the author of many articles and books, including Medieval Theory of Authorship, and is coeditor of The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, vol. 2: The Middle Ages.

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"In pages rich with explication of scholastic, literary, and historical material, Minnis recovers a medieval notion of authorial fallibility."—Seth Lerer, TimesOnline

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Authority and Fallibility in Medieval Textual Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. De officio praedicatoris: Of Preaching, Pardons, and Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
Chapter 2. Moral Fallibility: Chaucer’s Pardoner and the OfWce of Preacher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Chapter 3. De impedimento sexus: Women’s Bodies and the Prohibition of Priestly Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Chapter 4. Gender as Fallibility: Chaucer’s Wife of Bath and the Impediment of Sex Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	467
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	489
Index of Biblical Citations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	505
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	509

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 528
Keywords: Literature; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: February 12, 2013
ISBN: 9780812205718