The Medieval Dream Vision as Survey of Medieval Literature
- Author / Editor
- Watts, William.
The Medieval Dream Vision as Survey of Medieval Literature
- Published
- SMART 12.2 (2005): 67-95.
- Description
- Watts explains the pedagogy of teaching the dream vision at the undergraduate level, covering texts that include Macrobius, the "Dream of the Rood," the" Roman de la Rose," Dante, "Pearl," "Piers Plowman," Christine de Pizan's "Book of the City of Ladies," and selections from Chaucer. Comments that BD and HF (like other works surveyed) allow students to explore the "processes of imitation, appropriation, and innovation" that characterize much medieval literature.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Book of the Duchess.
- House of Fame.