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Medieval Theory of Authorship: Scholastic Literary Attitudes in the Later Middle Ages (The Middle Ages Series)
Alastair Minnis
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Paperback. Available again with a new preface, this classic work of medieval literary scholarship argues that discussion of late-medieval literary works has tended to derive its critical vocabulary from modern, not medieval, theory, and offers instead a conceptual equipment which is at once historically valid and theoretically illuminating. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
It has often been held that scholasticism destroyed the literary theory that was emerging during the twelfth-century Renaissance, and hence discussion of late medieval literary works has tended to derive its critical vocabulary from modern, not medieval, theory. In Medieval Theory of Authorship, now reissued with a new preface by the author, Alastair Minnis asks, Is it not better to search again for a conceptual equipment which is at once historically valid and theoretically illuminating? Minnis has found such writings in the glosses and commentaries on the authoritative Latin writers studied in schools ... Read more
It has often been held that scholasticism destroyed the literary theory that was emerging during the twelfth-century Renaissance, and hence discussion of late medieval literary works has tended to derive its critical vocabulary from modern, not medieval, theory. In Medieval Theory of Authorship, now reissued with a new preface by the author, Alastair Minnis asks, Is it not better to search again for a conceptual equipment which is at once historically valid and theoretically illuminating? Minnis has found such writings in the glosses and commentaries on the authoritative Latin writers studied in schools ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
The Middle Ages Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812212570
SKU
V9780812212570
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About Alastair Minnis
Alastair Minnis is Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of English at Yale University. His Fallible Authors: Chaucer's Pardoner and Wife of Bath is also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Reviews for Medieval Theory of Authorship: Scholastic Literary Attitudes in the Later Middle Ages (The Middle Ages Series)
This valuable book . . . poses in a most interesting form the question of the relationship generally between literary theory and literary practice. -Times Higher Education Supplement Stimulating and learned. . . . This book should serve as a milestone in medieval literary theory. -Yearbook of English Studies A work of great importance. . . . Minnis's ... Read more