Magic, Science and Romance: Chaucer and the Supernatural

Author / Editor
Saunders, Corinne [J.]

Title
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.