Barr, Jessica 1976-

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.


Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.