The Place of Thought: The Complexity of One in Late Medieval French Didactic Poetry

by Sarah Kay

From Jean de Meun in the late thirteenth century to Christine de Pizan in the early fifteenth, medieval French poets often aimed to impart theological, philosophical, or moral ideas. To unify their thought, and to make its outline visible to readers, the poets created vivid images of place, such as gardens, paths, idyllic landscapes, cities, trees, and fountains. For Sarah Kay, these spatial images are a prop of "monologism," helping to communicate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812240073
• ISBN13: 9780812240078
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.1"