Rethinking Chaucerian Beasts

Author / Editor
Van Dyke, Carolyn, ed.

Title
Rethinking Chaucerian Beasts

Published
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Physical Description
xiii, 286 pp.

Series
The New Middle Ages.

Description
Sixteen essays by various authors examine animals in Chaucer, with an Introduction and Afterword that describe the grounds for challenging the "anthropocentric perspective" and align this challenge with feminism and the rejection of hierarchical classifications. The volume includes an index. For the individual essays, search for Rethinking Chaucerian Beasts under Alternative Title

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism