The Wasps’ Nest: Antisemitism, Conspiracy Theory, and The Prioress’s Tale
Conspiracy theories are not only forms of explanation. They are narratives designed to evoke emotional response. This essay reads the thirteenth-century Anglo-Norman "Hugo de Lincolnia" and The Prioress’s Tale as conspiracy theory narratives, examining how they use language and imagery to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| In: |
Studies in the age of Chaucer
Year: 2021, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-149 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
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| Summary: | Conspiracy theories are not only forms of explanation. They are narratives designed to evoke emotional response. This essay reads the thirteenth-century Anglo-Norman "Hugo de Lincolnia" and The Prioress’s Tale as conspiracy theory narratives, examining how they use language and imagery to generate aesthetic emotions, especially fear and disgust. I argue that a focus on the conspiracies represented in these texts reveals connections both to other contemporary narratives and to a long tradition of antisemitic narrative that extends through The Protocols of the Elders of Zion to the global conspiracy theories of the early twenty-first century. |
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| ISSN: | 1949-0755 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in the age of Chaucer
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/sac.2021.0039 |
