Reason and Imagination in Chaucer, the Perle Poet, and the Cloud Autho - Seeing From the Center

Zusatztext "Palgrave's The New Middle Ages series puts out thought-provoking and theoretically timely books. Holley's book! too! fulfills that mission . . . Not only is Holley's book thought-provoking in terms of the relation or struggle between reason and imagination and its gaps! but also it suggests that the gaps between the 'modern' and the 'medieval' are not as wide as we think." - The Medieval Review Informationen zum Autor Linda Tarte Holley is Professor Emerita atNorth Carolina State University. She is the author of Chaucer's Measuring Eye and the co-editor of Closure in the Canterbury Tales. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

List of 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

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"Palgrave's The New Middle Ages series puts out thought-provoking and theoretically timely books. Holley's book, too, fulfills that mission . . . Not only is Holley's book thought-provoking in terms of the relation or struggle between reason and imagination and its gaps, but also it suggests that the gaps between the 'modern' and the 'medieval' are not as wide as we think." - The Medieval Review

Product details

• Authors: L Holley, L. Holley, Linda Tarte Holley
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.12.2015
• EAN: 9781349289530
• ISBN: 978-1-349-28953-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: The New Middle Ages; The New Middle Ages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; B, Poetry, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry and Poetics, European Literature, Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval, Classical literature, Classical and Antique Literature, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, Medieval Literature, Literature, Medieval, History of Medieval Europe, Europe—History—476-1492, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: poetry and poets