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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Akbari, Suzanne Conklin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2004]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (375 pages).
ISBN:9781442679702

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