Seeing Through the Veil : Optical Theory and Medieval Allegory /

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"In Seeing through the Veil, Suzanne Conklin Akbari examines several late medieval allegories in the context of contemporary paradigm shifts in scientific and philosophical theories of vision." "Offering a new interdisciplinary, synthetic approach to late medieval intellectual history...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Akbari, Suzanne Conklin (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2004]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Allegorie
Literatur
Optics in literature.
Literature, Medieval.
Allegory.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Optique dans la litterature.
Allegorie.
Litterature medievale > Histoire et critique.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Italienisch.
Mittelenglisch.
Mittelfranzösisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"In Seeing through the Veil, Suzanne Conklin Akbari examines several late medieval allegories in the context of contemporary paradigm shifts in scientific and philosophical theories of vision." "Offering a new interdisciplinary, synthetic approach to late medieval intellectual history and to major works within the medieval literary canon, Seeing through the Veil will be an essential resource to the study of medieval literature and culture, as well as philosophy, history of art, and history of science."--Jacket.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (375 pages).
ISBN:9781442679702

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