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  • A New History of Medieval French Literature

    Serier serie Rethinking Theory
    Is it legitimate to conceive of and write a history of medieval French literature when the term “literature” as we know it today did not appear until the very end of the Middle Ages? In this novel introduction to French literature of the period, Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet says yes, arguing that a profound literary consciousness did exist at the time.Cerquiglini-Toulet challenges the standard ... Læs mere

    568,86 kr.

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  • European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages

    Serier serie Bollingen Series
    Published just after the Second World War, European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages is a sweeping exploration of the remarkable continuity of European literature across time and place, from the classical era up to the early nineteenth century, and from the Italian peninsula to the British Isles. In what T. S. Eliot called a "magnificent" book, Ernst Robert Curtius establishes medieval Latin ... Læs mere

    340,86 kr.

  • The Birth of Theory

    af Andrew Cole ...
    Modern theory needs a history lesson. Neither Marx nor Nietzsche first gave us theory—Hegel did. To support this contention, Andrew Cole’s The Birth of Theory presents a refreshingly clear and lively account of the origins and legacy of Hegel’s dialectic as theory. Cole explains how Hegel boldly broke from modern philosophy when he adopted medieval dialectical habits of thought to fashion his own ... Læs mere

    218,11 kr.

  • Francis of Assisi and His “Canticle of Brother Sun” Reassessed

    af B. Moloney ...
    Serier serie Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Bringing the skills of a literary historian to the subject, Brian Moloney considers the genesis of Saint Francis of Assisi's Canticle of Brother Sun to show how it works as a carefully composed work of art. The study examines the saint's life and times, the structure of the poem, the features of its style, and the range of its possible meanings. ... Læs mere

    466,97 kr.

  • Rethinking the New Medievalism

    Twenty years after Stephen Nichols transformed the study of medieval literature, leaders in the field pay tribute to his work and expand on it.In the early 1990s, Stephen Nichols introduced the term "new medievalism" to describe an alternative to the traditional philological approach to the study of the romantic texts in the medieval period. While the old approach focused on formal aspects of ... Læs mere

    264,18 kr.

  • The Philosophy of Piers Plowman

    The Ethics and Epistemology of Love in Late Medieval Thought

    af David Strong ...
    Serier serie Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book examines William Langland’s late medieval poem, The Vision of Piers Plowman, in light of contemporary intellectual thought. David Strong argues that where the philosophers John Duns Scotus and William of Ockham revolutionize the view of human potential through their theories of epistemology, ethics, and freedom of the will, Langland vivifies these ideas by contextualizing them in an ... Læs mere

    840,61 kr.

  • The Captivity of John II, 1356-60

    The Royal Image in Later Medieval England and France

    af Neil Murphy ...
    Serier serie History (R0)
    This book provides a systematic analysis of the innovations that occurred in the display of royal power during John II’s four years in English captivity. Neil Murphy shows how the French king’s competition with Edward III led to a revolution in the presentation of the royal image, manifesting through developments to the sacral character of the French monarchy, lavish displays of gift giving, and ... Læs mere

    513,67 kr.

  • Gender and Power in Medieval Exegesis

    af T. Tinkle ...
    Serier serie Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    After establishing a feminist-historicist perspective on the tradition of biblical commentary, Tinkle develops in-depth case studies that situate scholars reading the bible in three distinct historical moments, and in so doing she exposes the cultural pressures that medieval scholars felt as they interpreted the bible. ... Læs mere

    466,97 kr.

  • Boccaccio the Philosopher

    An Epistemology of the Decameron

    Serier serie Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book explores the tangled relationship between literary production and epistemological foundation as exemplified in one of the masterpieces of Italian literature. Filippo Andrei argues that Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron has a significant though concealed engagement with philosophy, and that the philosophical implications of its narratives can be understood through an epistemological approach ... Læs mere

    793,91 kr.

  • Narrative Developments from Chaucer to Defoe

    Redigeret af Gerd Bayer, Ebbe Klitgard ...
    Serier serie Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
    This collection analyzes how narrative technique developed from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the 18th century. Taking Chaucer’s influential Middle English works as the starting point, the original essays in this volume explore diverse aspects of the formation of early modern prose narratives. Essays focus on how a sense of selfness or subjectivity begins to establish itself in various ... Læs mere

    581,08 kr.

  • Poet Heroines in Medieval French Narrative

    Gender and Fictions of Literary Creation

    af B. Findley ...
    Serier serie Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Examining French literature from the medieval period, Findley revises our understanding of medieval literary composition as a largely masculine activity, suggesting instead that writing is seen in these texts as problematically gendered and often feminizing. ... Læs mere

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  • Saint Perpetua across the Middle Ages

    Mother, Gladiator, Saint

    Serier serie Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This study traces the genealogy of Saint Perpetua’s story with a straightforward yet previously overlooked question at its center: How was Perpetua remembered and to what uses was that memory put? One of the most popular and venerated saints from 200 CE to the thirteenth century, the story of Saint Perpetua was retold in dramatically different forms across the European Middle Ages. Her story ... Læs mere

    607,08 kr.