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.

"Palgrave's The New Middle Ages series puts out thought-provoking and theoretically timely books. Holley's book, too, fulfills that mission ... Not only is Holley's book thought-provoking in terms of the relation or struggle between reason and imagination and its gaps, but also it suggests that the gaps between the 'modern' and the 'medieval' are not as wide as we think." - The Medieval Review

• 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