More academic amusements
Oct. 12th, 2007 11:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
highlyeccentricAll that can finally be said for the outcome of the narrative is that it did come to and end- and as applied to Chaucer, even that is saying a lot.
-Martin Stevens, "Narrative Focus in The Book of the Duchess: A Critical Revaluation", Annuale Medievale 7, 16-32 (31)
Also, it is not often that I complain about secondary interpreters over-Christianising a medieval text (in fact, i'd usually say there's no such thing as over-Christianising a medieval text, unless you want to Protestant-ify it). Nevertheless, I think this Stevens bloke has managed it.
-Martin Stevens, "Narrative Focus in The Book of the Duchess: A Critical Revaluation", Annuale Medievale 7, 16-32 (31)
Also, it is not often that I complain about secondary interpreters over-Christianising a medieval text (in fact, i'd usually say there's no such thing as over-Christianising a medieval text, unless you want to Protestant-ify it). Nevertheless, I think this Stevens bloke has managed it.