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The Subject Medieval/Modern: Text and Governance in the Middle Ages

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Description for The Subject Medieval/Modern: Text and Governance in the Middle Ages Paperback. This work presents a thorough historicist account of the development of subjectivity in the medieval period, as traced in medieval literature and historical documentation. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.

This ambitious book presents the most thorough historicist account to date of the development of subjectivity in the medieval period, as traced in medieval literature and historical documentation . Presenting the essence of the modern subject as resting in its subjection to specific historical forms of state power, the author examines literary texts from the Middle Ages that participate in the cultural invention of the subject. Overall, The Subject Medieval/Modern makes a remarkable case for the relevance of studying the Middle Ages to today's world.

The book examines the constitution of subjects in literary texts as the result of the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Series
Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804747448
SKU
V9780804747448
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Ref
99-50

About Peter Haidu
Peter Haidu taught medieval literature and critical theory at Columbia, Yale, Virginia, and Illinois, before retiring from UCLA. He now lives in Paris. He is the author of Subject of Violence: The Song of Roland and the Birth of the State.

Reviews for The Subject Medieval/Modern: Text and Governance in the Middle Ages
"Haidu's prose is as elegant as it is electrifying, his interpretations as intricate as they are intriguing, and no resume could hope to do them justice. A must read."
Speculum "This book revolutionizes contemporary understandings of medieval culture, demonstrates the applicability of medieval texts to modernity, and expands the ways in which literary theory may be applied to texts ... Read more

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