Scribes of space : place in Middle English literature and late Medieval science / Matthew Boyd Goldie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldie, Matthew Boyd, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.

English literature.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Geographical perception in literature.

Local color in literature.

Physics--England--History--To 1500.

Physics.

Geographical perception--England--History--To 1500.

Geographical perception.

English literature--Middle English.

History.

England.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 293 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Examines late medieval physics and Middle English literature to reveal how everyday spaces were apprehended in the late Middle Ages"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Local space, edges, and contents : chorography and late medieval English maps

Local literature : vernacular local space and John Lydgate's Siege of Thebes

Horizonal space : measuring local area with astrolabes, quadrants, and topographia

Horizonal and abstracted spaces : The book of Margery Kempe and The book of Sir John Mandeville

The science of motion : new ideas of impetus and measurement

Motion in literature : place and movement in The house of fame

Intense proximate affect : Nicole Oresme's Tractatus de configurationibus qualitatum et motuum

Proximal literature : nearness and distinction in The legend of good women

Afterword : being ubiquitous : space and the Pardoner's Prologue and Tale.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Goldie, Matthew Boyd, author. Scribes of space

ISBN:

9781501734045

1501734040

OCLC:

1055566888