Ruler Stakes: Chaucer's Theseus, Agamben, and the Rivals to Sovereign Power.
- Author / Editor
- Bertolet, Craig E.
Ruler Stakes: Chaucer's Theseus, Agamben, and the Rivals to Sovereign Power.
- Published
- Yearbook of English Studies 53 (2024, for 2023): 7-20.
- Description
- Uses Giorgio Agamben's discussion of "homo sacer" to argue that the "bare life" of imprisonment for Emelye, Palamon, and Arcite in KnT serves Theseus's sovereignty. Justifying exceptions to previous rulings, Theseus maintains his power through rhetorical effectiveness as well as conquest.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale