SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Geoffrey Chaucer

»Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/ CHAW-sər; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey. Chaucer also gained fame as a philosopher and astronomer, composing the scientific A Treatise on the Astrolabe for his 10-year-old son, Lewis. He maintained a career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier, diplomat, and member of parliament.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Medieval History: 14^th Century

II. Geographical Index: European History: English History

III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

Poems: Anelida and Arcite, The Legend of Good Women, Troilus and Criseyde

Short Stories: The Canterbury Tales

I. Author Index

[Info] Barnett, Pamela E. »"And shortly for to seyn they were aton". Chaucer's deflection of rape in the "Reeve's" and "Franklin's Tales".« Women's studies 22 (1993): 145-162.

[Info] Blum, Martin. Body Politics: Otherness and the Representation of Bodies in Late Medieval Writings. Ph.D. Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1997.

[Info] Dinshaw, Carolyn. »Quarrels, rivals, and rape. Gower and Chaucer.« "A wyf ther was". Essays in honour of Paule Mertens-Fonck. Edited by Juliette Dor. Liège 1992: 112-122.

[Info] McNamara, Rebecca F. »Teaching Documentary Chaucer Now: A Trauma-Informed Approach.« The Chaucer Review 61 (2026): 413-433.

[Info] Quinn, William A. »The Rapes of Chaucer.« Chaucer Yearbook 5 (1998): 1-18.

[Info] Rose, Christine M. »Reading Chaucer, reading rape.« Representing rape in medieval and early modern literature. Edited by Elizabeth Robertson et al. New York 2001: 21-60.

[Info] Sylvester, Louise. »Reading narratives of rape. The story of Lucretia in Chaucer, Gower and Christine de Pizan.« Leeds studies in English No. 31 (2000): 115-144.

[Info] Warburton, Rachel. »Reading rape in Chaucer. Or are Cecily, Lucretia, and Philomela good women?« Diversifying the discourse. The Florence Howe Award for outstanding feminist scholarship, 1990-2004. Edited by Mihoko Suzuki et al. New York 2006: 270-287.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Arthur, Karen. »Rhetorical Questions, Sexual Violence, and Chaucer.« 32^nd International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo 1997.

[Info] Baechle, Sarah. »Authority, Testimony, Survival: How to Speak about Chaucer's Rapes.« 55^th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo 2020.

[Info] Barrington, Candace. »Chaucer, Rape, and Consent.« Crime and Punishment: Law and Literature in Medieval England. Groningen 2020.

[Info] Dittmer, Kendra. »The Legacy of Chaucer in Modern Discourses of Sexual Assault.« 59^th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo 2024.

[Info] Garrison, Jennifer. »Teaching Rape in Chaucer and Gower.« 52^nd International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo 2017.

[Info] Harris, Carissa M. »Rape Resistance, Personal Trauma, and Chaucer's Victim-Survivors.« 55^th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo 2020.