Sciences and the Self in Medieval Poetry: Alan of Lille's Anticlaudianus and John Gower's Confessio Amantis (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Sciences and the Self in Medieval Poetry: Alan of Lille's Anticlaudianus and John Gower's Confessio Amantis (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature) Book

In this study James Simpson examines two great poems of the later medieval period, the Latin philosophical epic, Alan of Lille's Anticlaudianus (1181SH3), and John Gower's English poem, the Confessio Amantis (1390SH3). Dr Simpson locates these works in a cultural context dominated by two kinds of literary humanism, in which the concept of self is centred in the intellect and the imagination respectively, and shows the very different modes of thought which lie behind their conceptions of selfhood and education.Read More

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    This study examines two great poems of the later medieval period, the Latin philosophical epic, Alan of Lille's Anticlaudianus (1181-3), and John Gower's English poem, the Confessio Amantis (1390-3). James Simpson locates these works in a cultural context dominated by two kinds of literary humanism, in which the concept of self is centered in the intellect and the imagination respectively, and shows the very different modes of thought that lie behind their conceptions of selfhood and education.

  • 0521021111
  • 9780521021111
  • James Simpson
  • 13 October 2005
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 336
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