Bøger af Heather Blurton

In Inventing William of Norwich Heather Blurton offers a revisionist reading of Thomas Monmouth's account of the saint's life that contains the earliest account of a Christian child ritually murdered by Jews. She demonstrates how innovations in literary forms in the twelfth century shaped the articulation of medieval antisemitism.

Addresses key moments in criticism of Chaucer's the Prioress's Tale - particularly those which stage an encounter between historicism and ethics - in order to interrogate these critical impasses while suggesting new modes for future encounters. It is an effort to identify, engage, and reframe some significant - and perennially repeated - arguments staked out in this criticism.