"For semyvif he semed": Affective Responses to the Half-Alive Human in Middle English Literature, ca. 1350-1450.

Author / Editor
Chace, Jessica Ann.

Title
"For semyvif he semed": Affective Responses to the Half-Alive Human in Middle English Literature, ca. 1350-1450.

Published
Ph.D. Dissertation. New York University, 2020,
Dissertation Abstracts International A82.01 (E). Full-text available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses; accessed December 18, 2024

Description
Uses the concept of "semyvif " (half-alive) to examine "Piers Plowman," the "Tale of Beryn," TC, SNT, and "Morte Darthur" for ways that they broaden "our historical understanding of disability and its conceptual range."

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Troilus and Criseyde
Second Nun and Her Tale
Chaucerian Apocrypha