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Nature speaks : medieval literature and Aristotelian philosophy / Kellie Robertson
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robertson, Kellie, author.
- Series:
- Middle Ages series.
- Middle Ages series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aristotle--Influence.
- Aristotle.
- Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305--Criticism and interpretation.
- Jean.
- Guillaume, de Deguileville, active 14th century--Criticism and interpretation.
- Guillaume.
- Guillaume, de Deguileville, active 14th century. Pèlerinage de vie humaine.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Criticism and interpretation.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Knowledge--Science.
- Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?--Criticism and interpretation.
- Lydgate, John.
- Romaunt of the Rose.
- Nature in literature.
- Poetry, Medieval--History and criticism.
- Poetry, Medieval.
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Philosophy of nature in literature.
- Literature and science--Europe--History.
- Literature and science.
- Religion and science--Europe--History.
- Religion and science.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (454 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Nature Speaks recovers the common ground shared between physics-what used to be known as ""natural philosophy""--And fiction-writing as ways of representing the natural world. In doing so, it traces how nature gained an authoritative voice in the late medieval period only to lose it at the outset of modernity
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; A Note on Citations and Abbreviations; Introduction: Medieval Poetry and Natural Philosophy; PART I. FRAMING MEDIEVAL NATURE; Chapter 1. Figuring Physis; Chapter 2. Aristotle's Nature and Its Discontents; PART II. ALLEGORIZING NATURE IN THE VERNACULAR; Chapter 3. Jean de Meun and the Rule of Necessity; Chapter 4. Allegory Without Nature: Guillaume de Deguileville's Pelerinage de vie humaine; PART III. LOVE AND THE LIMITS OF NATURAL REASON; Chapter 5. Chaucer's Natures; Chapter 6. "Kyndely Reson" on Trial: Translating Nature After Chaucer.
- Epilogue: Nature's Silence: Humanism, Posthumanism, and the Legacy of Medieval NatureNotes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812293678
- 0812293673
- OCLC:
- 971364804
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