“Chaucer’s (Anti-)Eroticisms and the Queer Middle Ages is exhaustively researched both in the theoretical works that underpin its arguments and in the practical criticism of the various Chaucerian works under examination. With its careful and thoughtful readings, this book is a convincing expansion of the fields of both Chaucer studies and queer medieval studies.” —Robert Sturges, Arizona State University
“Tison Pugh’s interest in the anti-erotic, and in the contradictions of medieval discourses about chastity and married love, promises to solve some of the problems inherent in Chaucer criticism. Pugh’s Chaucer is queer because he’s aware of his culture’s contradictions and writing through them, and Pugh’s careful thinking and reading opens up many new avenues for study and research. Chaucer’s (Anti-)Eroticisms and the Queer Middle Ages is, without a doubt, an important contribution to the fields of Chaucer studies, medieval literary studies, and queer literary studies and to the study of the history of sexuality.” —Masha Raskolnikov, Cornell University, author of Body Against Soul: Gender and Sowlehele in Middle English Allegory
“Tison Pugh’s interest in the anti-erotic, and in the contradictions of medieval discourses about chastity and married love, promises to solve some of the problems inherent in Chaucer criticism. Pugh’s Chaucer is queer because he’s aware of his culture’s contradictions and writing through them, and Pugh’s careful thinking and reading opens up many new avenues for study and research. Chaucer’s (Anti-)Eroticisms and the Queer Middle Ages is, without a doubt, an important contribution to the fields of Chaucer studies, medieval literary studies, and queer literary studies and to the study of the history of sexuality.” —Masha Raskolnikov, Cornell University, author of Body Against Soul: Gender and Sowlehele in Middle English Allegory