Chaucer on Love, Knowledge and Sight by Norman Klassen (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Chaucer on Love, Knowledge and Sight by Norman Klassen Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Medieval natural philosophy illuminates Chaucers use of the motif of sight and the relationship between love and knowledge. Publisher Description In this study, Norman Klassen shows how Chaucer explores the complexity of the relationship between love and knowledge through recourse to the motif of sight. The convention of love at first sight involves love, knowledge, and sight, but insists that the claims of love and the realm of the rational are in strict opposition. In the metaphysical tradition, however, the relationship between love, knowledge and sight is more complex, manifesting both qualities of opposition and of symbiosis, similar to that found in late medieval natural philosophy. The author argues that Chaucer is unorthodox in exploiting the possibilities for using sight both to express emotional experience and to accentuate rationality at the same time. The conventional opposition of love and knowledge in the phenomenon of love at first sight gives way in Chaucers development of love, knowledge, and sight to a symbiosis in his love poetry. The complexity of this relationship draws attention to his own role as artificer, as one who in the process of articulating the effects of love at first sight cannot help but bring together love and knowledge in ways not anticipated by the conventions of love poetry.ORMAN KLASSEN is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada post-doctorial fellow at the Centre for Medieval Studies and the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Minnesota. Author Biography Norman Klassen (D.Phil., University of Oxford) is associate professor of English at St. Jeromes University in Waterloo, Ontario. He is the author of Chaucer on Love, Knowledge, and Sight. Jens Zimmermann (Ph.D., University of British Columbia) is associate professor of English and Canadian Research Chair in Interpretation, Religion, and Culture at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia. He is the author of Recovering Theological Hermeneutics: An Incarnational-Trinitarian Theory of Interpretation. Details ISBN 085991464X ISBN-13 9780859914642 Title Chaucer on Love, Knowledge and Sight Author Norman Klassen Format Hardcover Year 1995 Pages 238 Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd GE_Item_ID:144694183; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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