Seeing through the veil
Subtitle: optical theory and medieval allegory
By: Suzanne Conklin Akbari.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.; Allegory.; Optics in literature.
Description: "In Seeing through the Veil, Suzanne Conklin Akbari examines several late medieval allegories in the context of contemporary paradigm shifts in scientific and philosophical theories of vision." "Offering a new interdisciplinary, synthetic approach to late medieval intellectual history and to major works within the medieval literary canon, Seeing through the Veil will be an essential resource to the study of medieval literature and culture, as well as philosophy, history of art, and history of science."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-338) and index.