Language and the Declining World in Chaucer, Dante, and Jean De Meun

Klappentext This book examines how Chaucer, Dante, and Jean de Meun represented medieval debates on the origin and history of language? Zusammenfassung This book focuses on three major poets - Chaucer! Dante! and Jean de Meun - within the context of medieval commentaries on the origin and history of language. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. The Biblical history of language; 2. Love and language in Jean de Meun; 3. Dante and Chaucer's Dante; 4. The prison-house of language; Notes; Primary sources; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: John M. Fyler, John M. (Tufts University Fyler, Fyler John M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521147712
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14771-2
• No. of pages: 322
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; French, English, Regional Studies, Italian, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets