Scribes of Space : Place in Middle English Literature and Late Medieval Science /

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"Examines late medieval physics and Middle English literature to reveal how everyday spaces were apprehended in the late Middle Ages"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldie, Matthew Boyd (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Physics.
Local color in literature.
Geographical perception in literature.
Geographical perception.
English literature > Middle English.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Couleur locale dans la litterature.
Perception geographique dans la litterature.
Lieu (Philosophie) dans la litterature.
Litterature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Geographical perception > England > History > To 1500.
Physics > England > History > To 1500.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
England.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Local space, edges, and contents : chorography and late medieval English maps
  • Local literature : vernacular local space and John Lydgate's Siege of Thebes
  • Horizonal space : measuring local area with astrolabes, quadrants, and topographia
  • Horizonal and abstracted spaces : The book of Margery Kempe and The book of Sir John Mandeville
  • The science of motion : new ideas of impetus and measurement
  • Motion in literature : place and movement in The house of fame
  • Intense proximate affect : Nicole Oresme's Tractatus de configurationibus qualitatum et motuum
  • Proximal literature : nearness and distinction in The legend of good women
  • Afterword : being ubiquitous : space and the Pardoner's Prologue and Tale

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