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Author:
Lightsey, Scott.
Title:
Manmade marvels in medieval culture and literature / Scott Lightsey.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
xv, 212 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Machinery--History--To 1500.
Machinery in literature.
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index.
Contents:
Clever devices -- By Angel's hand: "Piers Plowman" and London's crowning gesture -- Chaucer and the culture of commodified Mirabilia -- Chaucer's body: the subject of technology -- Monstrous body politic(s): Alexander in the Confessio amantis -- Craft and idolatry: "Sotylle" devices in Mandeville's Travels -- Marvelous craft.
Series:
The new middle ages
ISBN:
1403974411 (hbk.)
9781403974419 (hbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)141385204
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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