On Not Being Chaucer.
- Author / Editor
- Evans, Ruth.
On Not Being Chaucer.
- Published
- Studies in the Age of Chaucer 44 (2022): 3-26.
- Description
- Contemplates the value of studying Chaucer in light of national and international calls to decenter the poet and his works, considering the history and politics of these calls, the nature of canon-making, and several instances where "Chaucer's work has been reimagined in positive political ways." Advocates continued study of Chaucer because "his writings and the history of their reception continue to generate new and important ways" of understanding and counteracting racism, antifeminism, class bias, and binary reductionism.
- Alternative Title
- The Presidential Address. The New Chaucer Society, Expo2021, July 18-22, 2021.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism