Imagination and the Cosmic Consciousness in Chaucer’s <i>The House of Fame</i>

The aim of this article is to situate Chaucer’s <i>The House of Fame</i> in the tradition of exercising the self as practiced by ancient philosophers and theorized by Pierre Hadot. It shows that Chaucer’s poem contains echoes of an ancient exercise referred to as ‘the view from above’, w...

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Main Author: Dominika Ruszkiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-07-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/8/959