Through a Glass Darkly; or, the Emergence of Mind in Medieval Narrative.

Author / Editor
Fludernik, Monika.

Title
Through a Glass Darkly; or, the Emergence of Mind in Medieval Narrative.

Published
David Herman, ed. The Emergence of Mind: Representations of Consciousness in Narrative Discourse in English (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2011), pp. 69-100.

Description
Shows that modern understandings of and distinctions among speech, thought, and signifying gesture do not necessarily obtain in Middle English discourse, and that Middle English literature "displays much more extensive narrative depictions of subjectivity and interiority" than usually assumed, Analyzes illustrative examples from several works in Middle English, including KnT.

Contributor
Herman, David, ed.

Alternative Title
Emergence of Mind: Representations of Consciousness in Narrative Discourse in English

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification
Background and General Criticism
Knight and His Tale