A Closer Look at Seinte Cecile's Special Vision

Author / Editor
Collette, Carolyn P.

Title
A Closer Look at Seinte Cecile's Special Vision

Published
Chaucer Review 10 (1976): 337-49.

Description
In SNT, Chaucer works within the theological tradition of Plato, Augustine, and Prudentius to instruct Christians in their proper attitude toward this world: a "thing" perceived by the physical senses, especially sight, is an apparent reality that must be pierced by spiritual vision of the inward "sign."

Chaucer Subjects
Second Nun and Her Tale.