The Apocalyptic Imagination in Medieval Literature
- Author / Editor
- Emmerson, Richard K., and Ronald B. Herzman.
The Apocalyptic Imagination in Medieval Literature
- Published
- Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992.
- Physical Description
- xi, 244 pp.
- Description
- Examining Joachim of Fiore, Bonaventure's Legenda Maior, Roman de la rose, Dante's Commedia, and CT, Emmerson and Herzman argue that, in eschatological perspective, CT exemplifies typical medieval apocalyptic thought. The general structure, pilgrimage/penance motifs, concerns with simony, specific allusions to Simon Magus and the Antichrist, and inversions with figures and patterns of realistic detail or comic relief combine to move CT from the particular to universal eschatology.
- Discusses FrT, KnT, MilT, PardT, ParsPT, Ret, RvT, ShT, SumT, and Truth.
- Contributor
- Herzman, Ronald B.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.