The Bellum Grammaticale and the Rise of European Literature

The now-forgotten genre of the bellum grammaticale flourished in the sixteenth- and seventeenth centuries as a means of satirizing outmoded cultural institutions and promoting new methods of instruction. Butler examines representations of language as war in texts written in Latin, French, and German; the study, by exploring the relationship between

List of contents

Contents: Introduction; Civil war in the Republic of Letters; Frontiers and first causes: humanism, Renaissance, Reformation and the language war; The language war and absolutist eloquence; Greatness lost and regained: dialectic of the German language war; Conclusion: fighting words and the liberal arts; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Erik Butler is Assistant Professor of German Studies at Emory University, where he also teaches comparative literature and film

Summary

The now-forgotten genre of the bellum grammaticale flourished in the sixteenth- and seventeenth centuries as a means of satirizing outmoded cultural institutions and promoting new methods of instruction. Butler examines representations of language as war in texts written in Latin, French, and German; the study, by exploring the relationship between

Product details

• Authors: Erik Butler, Butler Erik
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032929798
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92979-8
• No. of pages: 158
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literature: history & criticism, Language: reference & general, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Language: reference and general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literature: history and criticism