Magic, Science and Romance: Chaucer and the Supernatural
- Author / Editor
- Saunders, Corinne [J.]
Magic, Science and Romance: Chaucer and the Supernatural
- Published
- Juan Camilo Conde Silvestre and M. Nila Vázquez González, eds. Medieval English Literary and Cultural Studies (Murcia: Universidad de Muscia, 2004), pp. 121-43.
- Description
- Surveys medieval beliefs and learning about magic and explores the narrative function and resonance of magic and the supernatural in Chaucer's writing. Also considers relations to natural philosophy or "science" and the shift from medieval to Renaissance notions of magic and the supernatural.
- Alternative Title
- Medieval English Literary and Cultural Studies.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.