Chaucerian Guilt and the "Treatise on the Astrolabe."

Description: Examines the trauma of sexual violence, focusing on Chaucer's rape of Cecily Chaumpaigne, contextualizing the study of trauma through contemporary theorists Cathy Caruth and Ruth Leys along with Astr. Considers "the relationship between Chaucer's 'raptus,' various legal and cultural referents, and the materiality of sexual violence for modern readers.” Addresses the role of modern readers and the guilt these readers might feel based on their "constructed intimacy with the figure of Father Chaucer."