Author: John Strong Perry TatlockPublisher:
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Category : Astrology
Languages : en
Pages : 18
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Astrology and Magic in Chaucer's "Franklin's Tale."
Author: John Strong Perry TatlockPublisher:
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Category : Astrology
Languages : en
Pages : 18
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Astronomical Lore in Chaucer
Author: Florence Marie GrimmPublisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Time
Author: Albrecht ClassenPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110556529
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
There are no clear demarcation lines between magic, astrology, necromancy, medicine, and even sciences in the pre-modern world. Under the umbrella term 'magic,' the contributors to this volume examine a wide range of texts, both literary and religious, both medical and philosophical, in which the topic is discussed from many different perspectives. The fundamental concerns address issue such as how people perceived magic, whether they accepted it and utilized it for their own purposes, and what impact magic might have had on the mental structures of that time. While some papers examine the specific appearance of magicians in literary texts, others analyze the practical application of magic in medical contexts. In addition, this volume includes studies that deal with the rise of the witch craze in the late fifteenth century and then also investigate whether the Weberian notion of disenchantment pertaining to the modern world can be maintained. Magic is, oddly but significantly, still around us and exerts its influence. Focusing on magic in the medieval world thus helps us to shed light on human culture at large.
Anniversary Papers by Colleagues and Pupils of George Lyman Kittredge
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Author: Jerome MandelPublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838634547
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The same artistic techniques of contrast, cross-referencing, and leitmotif which unify the individual tales, he used to unify the multitale fragments and to ensure the coherence of the whole project. Even when they do not share the same tone, point of view, narrator, or genre, the tales within each fragment belong together because they share the same themes and types of characters and, perhaps most indicative of Chaucer's ideas of order, they share the same structure. These parallels, which pervade every fragment of the Canterbury Tales, insist that certain tales, and no others, be joined to form a coherent aesthetic unit. Therefore, each fragment, regardless of its intended position in a overall scheme which Chaucer never completed, is a coherent work of art. By examining the methods Chaucer used to link the tales into clearly defined and coherent fragments, Professor Mandel shows how Chaucer designed and built the tales to fit together with mutual coherence.
Chaucer and the Country of the Stars
Author: Chauncey WoodPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400872073
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Professor Wood examines in detail the astrological references in The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and The Complaint of Mars, using mediaeval source materials not only to elucidate the technicalities of the imagery but also to analyze its poetic function. Originally published in 1970. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Chaucers Squires Tale, Franklins Tale, and Physicians Tale
Author: Kenneth BleethPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442667559
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
The latest volume in the Chaucer Bibliographies series, meticulously assembled by Kenneth Bleeth, is the most comprehensive record of scholarship on Chaucer's Squire's Tale, Franklin's Tale, and Physician's Tale.
The Scene of the Franklin's Tale Visited
Author: John Strong Perry TatlockPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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The Logic of Love in the Canterbury Tales
Author: Manish SharmaPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487539568
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Logic of Love in The Canterbury Tales argues that Geoffrey Chaucer’s magnum opus draws inventively on the resources of late medieval logic to conceive of love as an "insoluble." Philosophers of the fourteenth century expended great effort to solve insolubilia, like the notorious Liar paradox, in order to decide upon their truth or falsity. For Chaucer, however, and in keeping with Christ’s admonition from the Sermon on the Mount, the lover does not judge – does not decide on – the beloved. Through a series of detailed and rigorously "non-judgmental" readings, Manish Sharma provides new insight into each of the prologues and tales and intervenes into scholarly debates about their collective import. In so doing, The Logic of Love in The Canterbury Tales deploys Chaucer’s understanding of charity to consider the limitations of modern critical approaches to The Canterbury Tales, including deconstruction, psychoanalysis, and gender theory. In the course of the analysis, Sharma shows not only how love and medieval philosophy together inform Chaucerian composition, but also how Chaucer could serve as a resource for contemporary theoretical reflections on love and ethics.
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