The Closed World?: Finding the Innumerable in Medieval Encyclopedism
- Author / Editor
- Ronquist, E. C.
The Closed World?: Finding the Innumerable in Medieval Encyclopedism
- Published
- Florilegium 15 (1998): 61-84.
- Description
- Medieval encyclopedism, although typically treated as a manifestation of "closed-systems" thinking, has many dimensions that suggest a wider, unresolved view of the universe. Chaucer's works, with other encyclopedic texts, offer examples of open thinking, such as interest in the irrational, the unforeseen, and the uncertain. Includes comments on PF, HF, and CT.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Canterbury Tales--General
- Parliament of Fowls
- House of Fame