Medieval Marvels and Fictions in the Latin West and Islamic World.
- Author / Editor
- Karnes, Michelle.
Medieval Marvels and Fictions in the Latin West and Islamic World.
- Published
- Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022.
- Physical Description
- ix, 248 pp.
- Description
- Studies marvels, wonders, and human imagination in medieval natural philosophy and literature, especially romance and travel narratives of western European and Islamic communities. Refers to several of the CT and links aspects of FranT with "Sir Orfeo" and "Mandeville's Travels," in particular the way each work groups "separate legends about dancing ladies, knights jousting, and men hunting" and connects imagination and the
reification of illusion.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Franklin and His Tale