The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages : Language Theory, Mythology, and Fiction

The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages Language Theory, Mythology, and Fiction

This book assess the relationship of literature to various other cultural forms in the Middle Ages. Jesse M. Gellrich uses the insights of such thinkers as Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, and Derrida to explore the continuity of medieval ideas about speaking, writing, and texts.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gellrich, Jesse M., 1942- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press 1985.
Materias:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Criticism and interpretation.
Learning and scholarship > Europe > History > Medieval, 500-1500.
Transmission of texts.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Books > Europe > History > 400-1400.
Electronic books.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • [1] The Argument of the Book : Medieval Writing and Modern Theory
  • [2] The Semiology of Space in the Middle Ages: On Manuscript Painting, Sacred Architecture, Scholasticism, and Music
  • [3] The Language of Mythology : On Medieval Grammar and Hermeneutics
  • [4] Dante's Liber Occultorum and the Structure of Allegory in the Commedia
  • [5] The Origin of Language Reconsidered : Chaucer's House of Fame
  • [6] Problems of Misreading: The "Prologue" to The Legend of Good Women
  • [7] I nterpreting the "Naked Text" in the "General Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales
  • [8] Retrospect: On Historical Change
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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