Medieval Reading: Grammar, Rhetoric and the Classical Text - Couverture rigide

Reynolds, Suzanne

 
9780521472579: Medieval Reading: Grammar, Rhetoric and the Classical Text
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521472571 ISBN 13 : 9780521472579
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This book argues for a radically new approach to the history of reading and literacy in the Middle Ages. It investigates the use of complex literary texts as the basis of elementary instruction in the Latin language and, using medieval teachers' notes (glosses) on a classical text (Horace's Satires) and a selection of other unpublished manuscript materials, it demonstrates that the reading of classical literature was profoundly shaped by the demands of acquiring Latin literacy through the arts of grammar and rhetoric. The resolutely literal readings of Latin texts found in these educational and institutional contexts call for a reassessment of the relationship of Latin and vernacular discourses in medieval culture, and of some central notions in medieval hermeneutics, notably allegory and authorial intention.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book argues for a radically new approach to the history of reading and literacy in the Middle Ages. It investigates the use of complex literary texts as the basis of elementary instruction in the Latin language and, using medieval teachers' notes (glosses) on a classical text (Horace's Satires) and a selection of other unpublished manuscript materials, it demonstrates that the reading of classical literature was profoundly shaped by the demands of acquiring Latin literacy through the arts of grammar and rhetoric. The resolutely literal readings of Latin texts found in these educational and institutional contexts call for a reassessment of the relationship of Latin and vernacular discourses in medieval culture, and of some central notions in medieval hermeneutics, notably allegory and authorial intention.

Revue de presse

' ... a thought-provoking and erudite work to be warmly welcomed and thoroughly recommended'. The Review of English Studies

'This is an original, stimulating book which will be useful to all scholars working on reading and literacy in the Middle Ages.' Peritia

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521472571
ISBN 13 
9780521472579
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
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