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Reason and imagination in Chaucer, the perle-poet, and the cloud-author : seeing from the center / Linda Tarte Holley.
Van Pelt Library PR1933.P46 H65 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holley, Linda Tarte, 1940-
- Series:
- New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
- The new Middle Ages
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Philosophy.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey.
- Author of The cloud of unknowing.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
- Reason in literature.
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Philosophy, Medieval, in literature.
- Mysticism--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Mysticism.
- History.
- Mysticism--Middle Ages.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 184 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Summary:
- "Reason and Imagination in Chaucer, the Perle-poet, and the Cloud-author: Seeing from the Center investigates Chaucer, the Perle-poet, and the Cloud-author. From where they stand, these speakers make the case for seeing in the light of what they can know"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The nun's priest's tale: bookspace as public plaza
- The house of fame: I wot myself best how y stonde
- The book of the Duchess: the space of self
- Perle: the pedagogy of soul and self
- Patience: the space of play
- The cloud of unknowing: the space of the seeking spirit.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230105102
- 0230105106
- OCLC:
- 692287900
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