Medieval Sensation and Modern Aesthetics: Aquinas, Adorno, Chaucer
- Author / Editor
- Nolan, Maura.
Medieval Sensation and Modern Aesthetics: Aquinas, Adorno, Chaucer
- Published
- The Minnesota Review 80 (2013): 145-58.
- Description
- Analyzes two medieval explorations of sensation--one by Thomas Aquinas, the other by Chaucer--and locates them within Theodor Adorno's account of aesthetics. Views Chaucer's poetry as a hinge between Aquinas' explanation of sensory perception and Adorno's formulation of aesthetic change over time, referring to Chaucer's portrayal of the Prioress in GP.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale