Willing to Know God : Dreamers and Visionaries in the Later Middle Ages /
Jessica Barr.
- 1 online resource (262 pages).
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
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Marguerite, d'Oin, approximately 1240-1310. Julian, of Norwich, 1343- Gertrude, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302. Marguerite, d'Oin, approximately 1240-1310 --Criticism and interpretation. Gertrude, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302 --Criticism and interpretation. Julian, of Norwich, 1343- --Criticism and interpretation. Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman --Criticism and interpretation. Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. House of fame --Criticism and interpretation. Kempe, Margery, approximately 1373- Book of Margery Kempe. Marguerite, d'Oin, approximately 1240-1310 --Criticism and interpretation. Gertrude, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302 --Criticism and interpretation. Julian, of Norwich, 1343- --Criticism and interpretation. Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman --Criticism and interpretation. Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. House of fame --Criticism and interpretation. Kempe, Margery, approximately 1373- Book of Margery Kempe.
Piers Plowman (Langland, William) Pearl (Middle English poem) House of fame (Chaucer, Geoffrey) Book of Margery Kempe (Kempe, Margery) Pearl (Middle English poem)--Criticism, Textual.
Visions in literature. Literature, Medieval. Dreams in literature. Litterature medievale--Histoire et critique. Visions dans la litterature. Rêves dans la litterature. Literature, Medieval--History and criticism. Visions in literature. Dreams in literature.