Reason and Imagination in Chaucer, the Perle-Poet, and the Cloud-Author [electronic resource] : Seeing from the Center /
Holley, L.author.
This collection makes the compelling argument that Chaucer, the Perle -poet, and The Cloud of Unknowing author, exploited analogue and metaphor for marking out the pedagogical gap between science and the imagination. Here, respected contributors add definition to arguments that have our attention and energies in the twenty-first century.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
This collection makes the compelling argument that Chaucer, the Perle -poet, and The Cloud of Unknowing author, exploited analogue and metaphor for marking out the pedagogical gap between science and the imagination. Here, respected contributors add definition to arguments that have our attention and energies in the twenty-first century.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Author of The cloud of unknowing.
British literature.
Literature, Medieval.
Europe—History—476-1492.
Classical literature.
Poetry.
British and Irish Literature.
Medieval Literature.
History of Medieval Europe.
Classical and Antique Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.