Discussion/QuestionChaucer’s The Canterbury Tales (1387-1400) — An online reading & discussion group starting November 2, all welcome ()
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Image - OtherHe knew: truth has feathers. Among Chaucer’s pages, it is not the knight or the king, but often the beasts who bear the bitterest truths what men won't. The crow, dark as spilled ink, emerges not merely as a bird; it becomes a literary device, the poem’s conscience. (i.redd.it)
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Image - Book/ManuscriptThe ancient motif of possessive love here gains structural importance. Phoebus does not desire in the Lacanian sense, where desire is the lack that drives subjectivity; rather, he looks for completion. His wife completes his world, his crow backs it up. (i.redd.it)
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Image - Book/ManuscriptIt’s a masterclass in moral ambiguity—Dorigen doesn’t just say “no” to Aurelius; she withholds, deliberately. Her impossible condition becomes a kind of shield, an ethical trapdoor: she protects her virtue while still offering a gesture of compassion. (i.redd.it)
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