Chaucerian Ecopoetics performs ecocritical close readings of Geoffrey Chaucer's poetry. Shawn
Normandin explains how Chaucer's language demystifies the aesthetic charm of his narratives and
calls into question the anthropocentrism they often depict. This text combines ecocriticism
with reading techniques associated with deconstruction to provide innovative interpretations
of the General Prologue the Knight's Tale the Miller's Tale the Reeve's Tale the Franklin's
Tale the Physician's Tale and the Monk's Tale. In stressing the importance of rhetorical
nuance and literary form Chaucerian Ecopoetics enables readers to better understand the
ideological prehistory of today's environmental crisis.
