 | Mythographic Chaucer: The Fabulation of Sexual Politics Subjects: Chaucer Geoffrey d. 1400 -- Political and social views; Sex role in literature; Chaucer Geoffrey d. 1400 -- Knowledge -- Mythology; Man-woman relationships in literature; Sex(Psychology) in literature; Sex -- Political aspects -- England -- History; M; Jane Chance reveals how the concealment of embarrassing secrets often sexual in nature and the burden of political alliances and strategiesOCowhat might together be termed sexual politicsOComotivated Chaucer in much of his work. Firmly placing Chaucer in the cultural politics of his time, she shows how he manipulated the mythographic and textual conventions of the period for his own literary, social, and political purposes." |
