The visual object of desire in late medieval England

Publication Data

• Title The visual object of desire in late medieval England
• Author Sarah Stanbury
• Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location Philadelphia
• Language English

Contents

Introduction: Premodern fetishes
Fetish, idol, icon. Knighton's Lollards, Capgrave's Katherine, and Walter Hilton's "Merk ymage"
The despenser retable and 1381
Chaucer's sacramental poetic. Chaucer and images
Translating Griselda
The Clergeon's tongue
Moving pictures. Nicholas Love's Mirror: dead images and the life of Christ
Arts of self-patronage in The book of Margaret Kempe.

Topics

• Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
• Art and literature :: England :: History :: To 1500
• Christian art and symbolism in literature
• Christian art and symbolism :: England :: Medieval, 500-1500
• Civilization, Medieval, in literature
• English literature :: Middle English, 1100-1500 :: History and criticism
• Iconoclasm in literature
• Iconoclasm :: England :: History :: To 1500
• Idols and images in literature

The visual object of desire in late medieval England by Sarah Stanbury. ISBN 9780812240382. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.