Ethics and Eventfulness in Middle English Literature

by J. Allan Mitchell

Book Overview

Medieval writers were fascinated by fortune and misfortune, yet the critical problems raised by such explorations have not been adequately theorized. Allan Mitchell invites us to consider these contingencies in relation to an "ethics of the event." His book examines how Middle English writers including Chaucer, Gower, Lydgate, and Malory treat unpredictable events such as sexual attraction, political disaster, social competition, traumatic accidents,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349535044
• ISBN13: 9781349535040
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"