Castles of the mind : a study of medieval architectural allegory / Christiania Whitehead.

Main entry:

Whitehead, Christiania, 1969-

Title & Author:

Castles of the mind : a study of medieval architectural allegory / Christiania Whitehead.

Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2003.

Description:

x, 324 pages ; 23 cm.

Series:

Religion & culture in the Middle Ages

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-315) and index.
I. Christian Architectural Allegory -- 1. Temple -- 2. Memory -- 3. Ark -- 4. Church -- 5. Cloister -- 6. Castle -- 7. Household -- II. Classicizing Architectural Allegory -- 8. Romans and Chartrians -- 9. Fortune -- 10. Fame and Honour -- 11. Knowledge -- 12. Sex.

Summary:

A study of the use of architectural allegory to symbolize religious and ideological systems in the Middle Ages. Assessing major texts such as Chaucer's 'House of Fame' as well as lesser-known works, it charts the evolution of this tradition in relation to social, political and religious contexts.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0708317944
9780708317945

Subject:

Literature, Medieval History and criticism.
Allegory.
Architecture in literature.
Architecture and literature History To 1500.
Littérature médiévale Histoire et critique.
Allégorie.
Architecture dans la littérature.
allegories (literary genre)
Architecture and literature
Literature, Medieval
Allegorieën.
Bouwkunst.
Letterkunde.

Form/genre:

Allegory.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Allegories.
Allégories.

Added entries:

Religion & culture in the Middle Ages.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 229807
Call No.: PN56.A5 W45 2003
Status: Available

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