Curiosity and pilgrimage : the literature of discovery in fourteenth-century England /

Zacher, Christian K,

Curiosity and pilgrimage : the literature of discovery in fourteenth-century England / [print] Christian K. Zacher. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)1976. - x, 196 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

A new sense of the world -- Curiositas -- Pilgrimage -- The bibliophile as curious pilgrim: Richard de Bury's Philobiblon -- Curiosity and the instability of pilgrimage: Chaucer's Canterbury tales -- The pilgrim as curious traveler: Mandeville's Travels.



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English literature--History and criticism.--Middle English, 1100-1500
Geographical discoveries in literature.
Geography, Medieval, in literature.
Curiosity in literature.

PR275 PR275.Z16.C875 1976