This collection makes the compelling argument that Chaucer, the Perle -poet, and The Cloud of Unknowing author, exploited analogue and metaphor for marking out the pedagogical gap between science and the imagination. Here, respected contributors add definition to arguments that have our attention and energies in the twenty-first century.

The Nun's Priest's Tale : Bookspace as Public Plaza The House of Fame : "I wot myself best how y stonde" The Book of the Duchess : The Space of Self Perle : The Pedagogy of Soul and Self Patience : The Space of Play The Cloud of Unknowing : The Space of the Seeking Spirit

Linda Tarte Holley is Professor Emerita atNorth Carolina State University. She is the author of Chaucer's Measuring Eye and the co-editor of Closure in the Canterbury Tales.