Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
3039113402
ISBN-13
9783039113408
Edition
New
Publisher
Verlag Peter Lang
Imprint
Verlag Peter Lang
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 7th, 2007
Print length
378 Pages
Weight
536 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.40 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medievalHistoriographySocial & cultural history
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The author links Chaucer’s writings with the medieval optical tradition in its various forms (scholastic texts, encyclopedias, exempla, vernacular poetry) both in general cultural terms and through the discussion of specific examples. He shows how the science of optics, or perspectiva, provides an account of spatial perception, including visual error, and demonstrates how these aspects of optical theory impact on Chaucer’s poetry. He provides detailed and sustained analysis of the spatial content of narratives across the range of Chaucer’s works, relating them to optical ideas and making use of Lefebvre’s theory of the production of space. The texts discussed include the Book of the Duchess, House of Fame, Knight’s Tale, Miller’s Tale, Reeve’s Tale, Merchant’s Tale, Squire’s Tale and Troilus and Criseyde.
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