Vision, Image, Text

Author / Editor
Brantley, Jessica.

Title
Vision, Image, Text

Published
Paul Strohm, ed. Middle English (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 315-34.

Description
Brantley describes "texts that record acts of looking" as a "distinct medieval literary genre and a distinctly medieval way of knowing," addressing dream visions (including BD, PF, HF, and LGWP), mystical visions, and the parody of a visionary experience in NPT.

Alternative Title
Middle English (Strohm)

Chaucer Subjects
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Book of the Duchess.
Parliament of Fowls.
House of Fame.
Legend of Good Women.