Reason and imagination in Chaucer, the perle-poet, and the cloud-author
Subtitle: seeing from the center
By: Linda Tarte Holley
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The new Middle Ages; New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780230105102
Subjects: History; English literature; Philosophy, Medieval, in literature; Reason in literature; Mysticism; Philosophy; History and criticism
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-177) and index.
Table of contents: title: The nun's priest's tale: bookspace as public plaza; title: The house of fame: I wot myself best how y stonde; title: The book of the Duchess: the space of self; title: Perle: the pedagogy of soul and self; title: Patience: the space of play; title: The cloud of unknowing: the space of the seeking spirit.