{"product_id":"the-late-medieval-image-debate-yun-ni-9789004745803","title":"The Late Medieval Image Debate in English and French Literature, 1160-1500: Constructive Iconoclasm","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of Peking University's 2025 New Oriental Young Scholar Award\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly modern reformers claimed to reject a superstitious, image-obsessed medieval past--but what if medieval thinkers had already begun to critique sacred images? This book reveals how late medieval literature reimagined breaking images as radical creation, not destruction. Step into the world of Arthurian legends, \u003ci\u003eThe Romance of the Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, and saints' lives, where shattered statues and broken relics generate new meaning. Explore the writings of Chaucer and Julian of Norwich, who grapple with divine truth not by preserving images, but by dismantling and remaking them. This book uncovers a literary self that is dynamic, assertive, and subversive centuries before the Renaissance claims to invent it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yun Ni\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004745807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004745803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.10w x 0.75d","brand":"Yun Ni","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48450290352383,"sku":"9789004745803","price":119.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8b6fb987-a77e-469f-9d68-27a89fa7ddb6.jpg?v=1777267011","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-late-medieval-image-debate-yun-ni-9789004745803","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}