Cover Image

Willing to Know God : Dreamers and Visionaries in the Later Middle Ages /

Show other versions (1)
Saved in:
Main Author: Barr, Jessica (Jessica Gail), 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Marguerite, > d'Oin, > approximately 1240-1310.
Julian, > of Norwich, > 1343-
Gertrude, > the Great, Saint, > 1256-1302.
Marguerite, > d'Oin, > approximately 1240-1310 > Criticism and interpretation.
Gertrude, > the Great, Saint, > 1256-1302 > Criticism and interpretation.
Julian, > of Norwich, > 1343- > Criticism and interpretation.
Langland, William, > 1330?-1400? > Piers Plowman > Criticism and interpretation.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400. > House of fame > Criticism and interpretation.
Kempe, Margery, > approximately 1373- > Book of Margery Kempe.
Piers Plowman (Langland, William)
Pearl (Middle English poem)
House of fame (Chaucer, Geoffrey)
Book of Margery Kempe (Kempe, Margery)
Pearl (Middle English poem) > Criticism, Textual.
Visions in literature.
Literature, Medieval.
Dreams in literature.
Litterature medievale > Histoire et critique.
Visions dans la litterature.
Rêves dans la litterature.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Full text available:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Knowledge and vision in the Middle Ages
  • Marguerite d'Oingt : active reading and the language of God
  • The will to know : volition and intellect in Gertrude of Helfta
  • The vision is not enough : active knowing in Julian of Norwich
  • Worldly attachment and visionary resistance in Pearl
  • The critique of revelation in Piers Plowman
  • Discrediting the vision : the House of Fame
  • Knowledge is power : negotiating authority in The book of Margery Kempe.

Similar Items