Living in the Future: Sovereignty and Internationalism in the "Canterbury Tales."
- Author / Editor
- Nakley, Susan.
Living in the Future: Sovereignty and Internationalism in the "Canterbury Tales."
- Published
- Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017.
- Physical Description
- ix, 270 pp.
- Description
- Examines the views that accept Chaucer's nationalism as a given and those that focus on his international or European identity and vision. Draws on concepts of sovereignty and domesticity appearing "primarily in romantic and household contexts," and finds the interdependence between nationalism and internationalism evident in CT, in which "England emerges as a community grounded in the ethical demands of inclusivity." Claims "that CT must be included in serious discussions concerning sovereignty and internationalism in both English literature and late medieval political thought."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General