Remix as a mode of adaptation: patience Agbabi’s Telling Tales after Geoffrey Chaucer

In Telling Tales, the British Nigerian poet Patience Agbabi offers an adaptation of The Canterbury Tales through remix. The present article examines Agbabi’s remix from two interrelated dimensions: poetic form and narrative voice. It argues that her remix is not merely a matter of artistic technique, but is closely bound up with the poet’s cultural stance as a black British poet, embodying her ideal of reinventing Englishness. Through case studies, this article further proposes that remix should be understood as a mode of literary adaptation with methodological value, one that may broaden the scope of adaptation studies.