Michelle Karnes is professor of English and the history of philosophy and science at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of Imagination, Meditation, and Cognition in the Middle Ages and is editor of Studies in the Age of Chaucer.

"An adventurous comparative study of Christian and Islamic culture from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries, with forays into later works such as Don Quixote. [Karnes] looks at natural philosophy and optics, cognitive theories, travel literature and wonder tales, seeing in these varied disciplines a common thread of intellectual curiosity."

• Note to the ReaderIntroductionChapter 1. Marvels and the Philosophy of Imagination: True Dreams, Prophecy, and PossessionChapter 2. Marvels and the Philosophy of Imagination: Bewitchment, Telekinesis, and the Moving of MountainsChapter 3. Philosophers’ FablesChapter 4. Imaginative GeographyChapter 5. Marvelous TrialsChapter 6. Mutatis MirabilibusConclusionAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex

Michelle Karnes is professor of English and the history of philosophy and science at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of Imagination, Meditation, and Cognition in the Middle Ages and is editor of Studies in the Age of Chaucer.

"An adventurous comparative study of Christian and Islamic culture from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries, with forays into later works such as Don Quixote. [Karnes] looks at natural philosophy and optics, cognitive theories, travel literature and wonder tales, seeing in these varied disciplines a common thread of intellectual curiosity."

• Note to the ReaderIntroductionChapter 1. Marvels and the Philosophy of Imagination: True Dreams, Prophecy, and PossessionChapter 2. Marvels and the Philosophy of Imagination: Bewitchment, Telekinesis, and the Moving of MountainsChapter 3. Philosophers’ FablesChapter 4. Imaginative GeographyChapter 5. Marvelous TrialsChapter 6. Mutatis MirabilibusConclusionAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex

Michelle Karnes is professor of English and the history of philosophy and science at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of Imagination, Meditation, and Cognition in the Middle Ages and is editor of Studies in the Age of Chaucer.

"An adventurous comparative study of Christian and Islamic culture from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries, with forays into later works such as Don Quixote. [Karnes] looks at natural philosophy and optics, cognitive theories, travel literature and wonder tales, seeing in these varied disciplines a common thread of intellectual curiosity."

• Note to the ReaderIntroductionChapter 1. Marvels and the Philosophy of Imagination: True Dreams, Prophecy, and PossessionChapter 2. Marvels and the Philosophy of Imagination: Bewitchment, Telekinesis, and the Moving of MountainsChapter 3. Philosophers’ FablesChapter 4. Imaginative GeographyChapter 5. Marvelous TrialsChapter 6. Mutatis MirabilibusConclusionAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex