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The Literature of Pestilence

John V. Fleming

During this pandemic, which has been documented nearly to exhaustion, two themes have captured my attention. The first is the difference between old and new plagues; the second is...

Chaucer’s Divine Seriousness

John V. Fleming

Chaucer: A European Lifemarion turnerprinceton, 624 pages, $39.95 Chaucer has not lacked for biographies, but Marion Turner’s is of a rare ambition and competence. Its method is geographical, even...