THE LOGIC OF LOVE IN THE CANTERBURY TALES
Book ID/图书代码： 13593023C00001
English Summary/英文概要： The Logic of Love in The Canterbury Tales argues that Geoffrey Chaucer’s magnum opus draws inventively on the resources of late medieval logic to conceive of love as an "insoluble." Philosophers of the fourteenth century expended great effort to solve insolubilia, like the notorious Liar paradox, in order to decide upon their truth or falsity. For Chaucer, however, and in keeping with Christ’s admonition from the Sermon on the Mount, the lover does not judge – does not decide on – the beloved.Through a series of detailed and rigorously "non-judgmental" readings, Manish Sharma provides new insight into each of the prologues and tales and intervenes into scholarly debates about their collective import. In so doing, The Logic of Love in The Canterbury Tales deploys Chaucer’s understanding of charity to consider the limitations of modern critical approaches to The Canterbury Tales, including deconstruction, psychoanalysis, and gender theory. In the course of the analysis, Sharma shows not only how love and medieval philosophy together inform Chaucerian composition, but also how Chaucer could serve as a resource for contemporary theoretical reflections on love and ethics.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《坎特伯雷故事集》中的爱情逻辑认为，杰弗里·乔叟的巨著创造性地利用了中世纪晚期逻辑的资源，将爱情视为“不可解决的”问题。14世纪的哲学家们花费了巨大的努力来解决不确定性的问题，就像臭名昭著的骗子悖论一样，以决定他们的真理或虚假。然而，对于乔叟来说，按照基督在登山宝训中的训诫，爱人不会评判——不会决定——被爱的人。通过一系列详细而严格的“非评判”阅读，马尼什·夏尔马对每一个序言和故事都提供了新的见解，并介入了关于它们集体意义的学术辩论。因此，《坎特伯雷故事集》中的爱的逻辑运用了乔叟对慈善的理解，来思考现代批评方法对《坎特伯雷故事集》的局限性，包括解构主义、精神分析和性别理论。在分析过程中，夏尔马不仅展示了爱情和中世纪哲学如何共同影响乔叟的创作，而且还展示了乔叟如何可以作为当代关于爱情和伦理的理论反思的资源。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况："马尼什·夏尔可信的、有权威性的、特立独行的《坎特伯雷故事集中的爱的逻辑》，注定会被认为是该领域最重要的研究之一。通过对中世纪晚期哲学诡辩和悖论的理论重读，夏尔马的书展示了乔叟作品的标志性方面是如何巧妙地运用逻辑和元诗意的手法。这是一本在每一门关于中世纪文学和中世纪文学批评的研究生课程中都应该必读的书。"
―Peter W. Travis, Professor Emeritus of English, Dartmouth College / Peter W. Travis，达特茅斯学院英语名誉教授"《坎特伯雷故事集》中的爱情逻辑是精心制作的，并在多样化的叙事体系中展示了惊人程度的细微差别。马尼什·夏尔马(Manish Sharma)用简单的语言传达了一个复杂的问题，并阐明了乔叟一贯处理悖论的惊人程度。这本书聪明、立意新颖，而且充满大智慧。"
―Wesley Chihyung Yu, Associate Professor of English, Mount Holyoke College / Wesley Chihyung Yu，蒙特霍利约克学院英语副教授
"这本书代表了对坎特伯雷故事集的研究的一个重要的贡献。它对这首诗的立场是典范，它的一般含义实质性，它的地方干预是有益的。这就是读乔叟的方法。."
―Jordan Kirk, Associate Professor of English, Pomona College / 乔丹·柯克，波莫纳学院英语副教授
"Authoritative, magisterial, and refreshingly original, Manish Sharma’s The Logic of Love in The Canterbury Tales is destined to be recognized as one of the most important studies in its field. Energized by theoretical re-readings of late medieval philosophical sophisms and paradoxes, Sharma’s book demonstrates how signature aspects of Chaucer’s craft are sophisticated manoeuvres that are logical and meta-poetical in equal measure. This is a book that should be required reading in every graduate course on medieval literature and medieval literary criticism."
-- Peter W. Travis, Professor Emeritus of English, Dartmouth College
"The Logic of Love in The Canterbury Tales is carefully crafted, and demonstrates an astonishing level of nuance across a diverse body of narratives. Manish Sharma communicates a complex problematic in simple terms and elucidates the astonishing degree to which Chaucer deals so consistently in paradoxes. This book is smart, original, and powerfully intelligent."
-- Wesley Chihyung Yu, Associate Professor of English, Mount Holyoke College
About the Author/作者介绍： 马尼什·夏尔马是康考迪亚大学中世纪英国文学副教授。Manish Sharma is associate professor of Medieval English Literature at Concordia University.
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