Imaginative prophecy in the B-text of Piers Plowman
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Imaginative prophecy in the B-text of Piers Plowman
（Piers Plowman studies, 8）
D.S. Brewer, 1993
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Exploration of the Arabic psychological theory underlying Piers Plowmanand the interpretive insights this offers.
The psychology underlying Passus 8-20 of Piers Plowmanremains unexplored in its entirety, despite single articles on separate psychological personifications. Professor Kaulbach aims to remedy this huge gap in our understanding of Langland's poem, by adducing a psychology which not only illuminates previously mysterious relations between psychological actants, but also reveals that many apparently non-psychological figures (Piers Plowman, for example) are best explained by reference to psychological theory.
The body of psychological theory on which the author draws is that of Arabic, specifically Avicennan theory of the prophetic mental act, the `vis imaginativa' or `ymaginatif' in Middle English. Beyond the original interpretative insights offered by this book Professor Kaulbach also describes the intellectual and manuscript context in which Arabic psychology was made available to a late fourteenth century English poet.
ERNEST N. KAULBACHis Associate Professor of English, Classics and (occasionally) Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin.
目次
- Part 1 The meaning and function of Ymaginatif - seven functions of the "vis imaginativa secundum Avicennam": identified with Thou3t
- produces "awe" and patient speech
- appears in sleep and inner dreams
- prophesies in inner dreams by converting images into speakers
- produces shame
- appears and disappears suddenly
- teaches a poetic syllogistic. Part 2 The "vis imaginativa secundum Avicennam" and the naturally prophetic powers of Ymaginatif: the "vis imaginativa secundum Avicennam" and the mainstream of medieval psychology
- an introduction to "Augustinisme Avicennisant"
- "Augustinisme Avicennisant" in England and in Worcester
- an introduction to natural prophecy
- an introduction to prophetic preaching
- the elevation of Ymaginatif's sensory prophecy
- an introduction to the higher psychology of "Augustinisme Avicennisant"
- certification by inner and outer dreams and by "Makynges"
- conclusions and suggestions.
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