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Author Barr, Jessica (Jessica Gail), 1976-

Title Willing to know God : dreamers and visionaries in the later Middle Ages / Jessica Barr
Published Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 262 pages)
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 Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Kempe, Margery, approximately 1373- Book of Margery Kempe.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. House of fame -- Criticism, Textual
Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman -- Criticism, Textual
Julian, of Norwich, 1343- -- Criticism and interpretation
Gertrude, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302 -- Criticism and interpretation
Marguerite, d'Oin, approximately 1240-1310 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Kempe, Margery, approximately 1373- Book of Margery Kempe
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. House of fame -- Criticism and interpretation
Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman -- Criticism and interpretation
Julian, of Norwich, 1343- -- Criticism and interpretation
Gertrude, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302 -- Criticism and interpretation
Marguerite, d'Oin, approximately 1240-1310 -- Criticism and interpretation
Gertrude, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302 fast
Julian, of Norwich, 1343- fast
Marguerite, d'Oin, approximately 1240-1310 fast
Pearl (Middle English poem) -- Criticism, Textual
Book of Margery Kempe (Kempe, Margery) fast
House of fame (Chaucer, Geoffrey) fast
Pearl (Middle English poem) fast
Piers Plowman (Langland, William) fast
Subject Dreams in literature.
Visions in literature.
Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Dreams in literature
Literature, Medieval
Visions in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780814271018
0814271014
0814292267
9780814292266