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Ethics and Eventfulness in Middle English Literature 2009 Edition
Contributor(s): Mitchell, J. (Author)

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 ISBN: 140397442X     ISBN-13: 9781403974426
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2009
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Annotation: 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, and the textual condition itself--locating in fortune the very potentiality of ethical life. While earlier scholarship has detailed the iconography of Lady Fortune, this book alters and advances the conversation so that we see fortune less as a negative exemplum than as a positive sign of radical phenomena.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Medieval
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
Dewey: 420.938
LCCN: 2008042106
Series: New Middle Ages
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" L (0.75 lbs) 187 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Chronicle of Higher Education 05/22/2009 pg. 15
 
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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, and the textual condition itself - locating in fortune the very potentiality of ethical life. While earlier scholarship has detailed the iconography of Lady Fortune, this book alters and advances the conversation so that we see fortune less as a negative exemplum than as a positive sign of radical phenomena.
 
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