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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Main Author: Nievergelt, Marco (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Series:Oxford studies in medieval literature and culture.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2023.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 560 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191944468
0191944467