Declan McCann

About Declan’s Research:

This project will argue that dream vision poetry written in Middle English and Older Scots (ca. 1360-1520) evinces a special interest in architectural space. Although the dream poem enjoyed as much popularity during the Middle Ages as the novel did in the 19th and 20th centuries, its interest in architectural “space” has been overlooked by literary scholars. This thesis is unique in its interdisciplinarity – the argument will develop by examining art historical analyses of space and place as represented in gothic architecture, sculpture, and painting.