Sacred and Profane in Chaucer and Late Medieval Literature: Essays in Honour of John V. Fleming

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Robert Epstein William Robins

Sacred and Profane in Chaucer and Late Medieval Literature

Essays in Honour of John V. Fleming

Robert Epstein, William Robins

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English

University of Toronto Press
01 November 2010

Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval

Literary depictions of the sacred and the secular from the Middle Ages are representative of the era's widely held cultural understandings related to religion and the nature of lived experience. Using late Medieval English literature, including some of Chaucer's writings, these essays do not try to define a secular realm distinct and separate from the divine or religious, but instead analyze intersections of the sacred and the profane, suggesting that these two categories are mutually constitutive rather than antithetical.

With essays by former students of John V. Fleming, the collection pays tribute to the Princeton University professor emeritus through wide-ranging scholarship and literary criticism. Including reflections on depictions of Bathsheba, Troilus and Criseyde, the Legend of Good Women, Chaucer's Pardoner, and Margery Kempe, these essays focus on literature while ranging into history, philosophy, and the visual arts. Taken together, the work suggests that the domain of the sacred, as perceived in the Middle Ages, can variously be seen as having a hierarchical or a complementary relationship to the things of this world.

By: Robert Epstein, William Robins
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781442640818
ISBN 10: 1442640812
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 November 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Epstein is an associate professor in the Department of English at Fairfield University. William Robins is president of Victoria University and associate professor of English and Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto.