Willing to know God : dreamers and visionaries in the later Middle Ages / Jessica Barr.

Author/creator Barr, Jessica, 1976-
Format Book
Publication InfoColumbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2010.
Descriptionx, 262 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
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.
Pearl (Middle English poem)--Criticism, Textual.
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
Visions in literature.
Dreams in literature.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010000392
ISBN9780814211274 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0814211275 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780814292266 (cd-rom)
ISBN0814292267 (cd-rom)

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Joyner General Stacks PN682.V57 B37 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold