Joanna Williams

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What’s so triggering about The Canterbury Tales?

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Joanna Williams
Oct 15, 2024
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Over the past decade, universities have slapped ‘trigger warnings’ on everything from children’s books to entire fields of law. They have warned archaeology students about bones, theology students about the crucifixion and forensic-science students about dead bodies. In 2022, it was reported that over 1,000 books on university reading lists – including …

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