The Lack of Interest in the "Shipman's Tale": Chaucer and the Social Theory of the Gift.
- Author / Editor
- Epstein, Robert.
The Lack of Interest in the "Shipman's Tale": Chaucer and the Social Theory of the Gift.
- Published
- Modern Philology 113 (2015) 17-48.
- Description
- The exchanges of goods and services in ShT are often read following Bourdieu's theory that self-interest motivates all human actions. This essay claims that such analyses do not take into account other motivating factors clearly present in the tale, such as conjugal affection and the pleasures of generosity and friendship.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Shipman and His Tale