Forms of Suffering
240 pagesHardcovernewSept 2026
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Forms of Suffering demonstrates how Geoffrey Chaucer transformed pity into a central ethical and aesthetic concern in English literature by tracing his reformulations of trans-European pity discourses for an English audience.
In these reformulations, Chaucer brought to the fore the modes and effects of pity's work in c
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