Poverty, Property, and the Self in the Late Middle Ages: The Case of Chaucer's Griselda

Author / Editor
Bullón-Fernández, Maria.

Title
Poverty, Property, and the Self in the Late Middle Ages: The Case of Chaucer's Griselda

Published
Mediaevalia 35 (2014): 193-226.

Description
Uses "thing theory" to posit that having things conferred subjectivity upon the holder in the Middle Ages. Applies this premise as a way to read Walter's treatment of Griselda in ClT, arguing that "Poor Griselda's selfless submission grows out of a selflessness that appears to be very literally self-less."

Chaucer Subjects
Clerk and His Tale