Chaucerian Ecopoetics Deconstructing Anthropocentrism in the Canterb
Chaucerian Ecopoetics performs ecocritical close readings of Geoffrey Chaucer's poetry. Shawn Normandin explains how Chaucer's language demystifies the aesthetic charm of his narratives and calls into question the anthropocentrism they often depict.
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Chaucerian Ecopoetics DECONSTRUCTING ANTHROPOCENTRISM in the CANTERBURY TALES Shawn Nor mandin
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The New Middle Ages Series Editor Bonnie Wheeler English & Medieval Studies Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX, USA
The New Middle Ages is a series dedicated to pluridisciplinary studies of medieval cultures, with particular emphasis on recuperating women’s history and on feminist and gender analyses. This peer-reviewed series includes both scholarly monographs and essay collections. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14239
Shawn Normandin
Chaucerian Ecopoetics Deconstructing Anthropocentrism in the Canterbury Tales
Shawn Normandin Sungkyunkwan University Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank my wife Wu Ying and my other family members, especially David Normandin, Julie Normandin, Wang Yuxiang, Wu Dibin, Wu Xun, and Li Huimei. I could not have completed this book were it not for the support of my colleagues at Sungkyunkwan University, especially Lee Young-Oak, Kang Yongsoon, Simon Estok, Kim Yoo, and Son Hyesook. This book’s emphasis on rhetoric bespeaks the lasting influence of my teacher Robert Levine. An earlier version of Chap. 6 appeared as “Reading Chaucer’s
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