Politics of Language - Byrhtferth, Aelfric, Multilingual Identity of Benedictine Reform

Informationen zum Autor Rebecca Stephenson is a Lecturer in Old and Middle English at University College Dublin. Klappentext Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Ælfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style. Zusammenfassung Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Ælfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Literary Context of the Monastic Reform Part One 1. Pedagogy of Enchiridion: Layout and Languages 2. Scapegoating the Secular Clergy: The Hermeneutic Style as a Form of Monastic Self-Definition 3. The Politics of English: Computus, Translation, and Monastic Self-Definition Part Two 4. The Politics of Ælfric’s Prefaces 5. Unraveling the Hermeneutic Style: Ælfric’s Latin Epitomes and English Translations Conclusion

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Rebecca Stephenson
• Editore: University of Toronto Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781442650589
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-5058-9
• Pagine: 232
• Serie: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series; Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series; Toronto Anglo-Saxon
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata