Medieval Literary Theory and Criticism C.1100-C.1375 - The Commentary-Tradition

Zusatztext `Superbly executed, this is an extremely impressive and important book for medievalists, literary critics, theorists and cultural historians alike. It will be a standard work for a long time.' Times Higher Education Supplement Klappentext This anthology of newly-translated texts covers the single most important branch of medieval literary theory and criticism--the commentary tradition--in one of the most significant periods of its development. Fully annotated with notes and introductions! the selections encompass a wide range of topics--including authorship! ethics! symbolism! biography! poetics! allegory! and semiotics--and represent many important writers--including Dante! Petrarch! Boccaccio! Grosseteste! Abelard! and Peter Lombard. Zusammenfassung This anthology of texts in translation covers an important branch of medieval literary theory and criticism, the commentary tradition, in one of the most significant periods of its development.

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• Authors: A. J. (Professor of Medieval Literature Minnis, A. J. Scott Minnis, Alastair J. Minnis, Alastair J. Scott Minnis
• Assisted by: A. J. Minnis (Editor), A. B. Scott (Editor), Scott A. B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.1991
• EAN: 9780198112747
• ISBN: 978-0-19-811274-7
• No. of pages: 560
• Assisted by: David Wallace
• Series: Clarendon Paperbacks; Clarendon Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval