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James DeanProfessor Richard the Redeless and Mum and the Sothsegger (TEAMS, 2000)My recent projects have involved the making of Middle English texts as part of my exploration and redefinition of the so-called “age of Chaucer” (the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries). I have produced three of these texts: Six Ecclesiastical Satires (1991), an edition that contains Chaucerian apocrypha and the incomplete but fascinating Why I Can’t Be a Nun; Medieval English Political Writings (1996), which contains political prophecies, anticlerical writings, and political looks at the time of Richard II, Chaucer’s king; and Richard the Redeless and Mum and the Sothsegger (2000), two writings based on William Langland’s Piers Plowman that focus on Richard II and his times. The texts are both in hard cover and online: Medieval English Political Writings (1996) Richard the Redeless and Mum and the Sothsegger (2000) Current Research Currently I am engaged in analyses of Geoffrey Chaucer’s language, including what I call his “language of intimacy,” where his characters reveal very private things about themselves, and “Chaucerian euphemisms,” where language intended to avoid naming something actually does name that thing. I am also completing work on late medieval Adam and Eve texts. I am also interested in collaborative mentorship (working with graduate students to produce scholarly talks and texts). For more information, see the English Department's faculty profile for James Dean. |
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