Medieval allegory as epistemology : dream-vision poetry on language, cognition, and experience /
This volume shows how late medieval dream-poetry explored problems arising from the reception of Aristotle's philosophical work concerning human knowledge. Marco Nievergelt explores how the work of three medieval poets in the genre of allegorical fiction addressed these problems in distinctive,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2023].
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| Series: | Oxford studies in medieval literature and culture.
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| Summary: | This volume shows how late medieval dream-poetry explored problems arising from the reception of Aristotle's philosophical work concerning human knowledge. Marco Nievergelt explores how the work of three medieval poets in the genre of allegorical fiction addressed these problems in distinctive, non-academic terms. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 560 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0192849212 9780192849212 |