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Reason and imagination in Chaucer, the perle-poet, and the cloud-author : seeing from the center

Title
Reason and imagination in Chaucer, the perle-poet, and the cloud-author : seeing from the center / Linda Tarte Holley.
Author
Holley, Linda Tarte, 1940-
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Description
xvi, 184 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
"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"--
Series Statement
The new Middle Ages
Uniform Title
New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subject
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 > Philosophy
  • Author of The cloud of unknowing
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
  • 600-1500
  • Reason in literature
  • English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism
  • Philosophy, Medieval, in literature
  • Mysticism > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
  • LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval
  • LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry
  • English literature > Middle English
  • Mysticism > Middle Ages
  • Philosophy
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 9780230105102
  • 0230105106
LCCN
2011005467
OCLC
  • ocn692287900
  • 692287900
  • SCSB-14580230
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library