Willing to know God : dreamers and visionaries in the later Middle Ages / Jessica Barr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barr, Jessica (Jessica Gail), 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Julian, of Norwich, 1343-.

Gertrude, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302.

Marguerite, d'Oin, approximately 1240-1310.

Pearl (Middle English poem).

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval.

Visions in literature.

Dreams in literature.

Marguerite, d'Oin, approximately 1240-1310--Criticism and interpretation.

Marguerite.

Gertrude, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302--Criticism and interpretation.

Gertrude.

Julian, of Norwich, 1343---Criticism and interpretation.

Julian.

Pearl (Middle English poem)--Criticism, Textual.

Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman--Criticism and interpretation.

Langland, William.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. House of fame--Criticism and interpretation.

Chaucer, Geoffrey.

Kempe, Margery, approximately 1373- Book of Margery Kempe.

Kempe, Margery.

Criticism, Textual.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 262 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2010]

Contents:

Knowledge and vision in the Middle Ages

Marguerite d'Oingt : active reading and the language of God

The will to know : volition and intellect in Gertrude of Helfta

The vision is not enough : active knowing in Julian of Norwich

Worldly attachment and visionary resistance in Pearl

The critique of revelation in Piers Plowman

Discrediting the vision : the House of fame

Knowledge is power : negotiating authority in The book of Margery Kempe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814211274

0814211275

9780814292266

0814292267

OCLC:

499178019