European Literature and The Latin Middle Ages

Ernst Robert Curtius/Willard R.Trask

ISBN 10: 069101793X / ISBN 13: 9780691017938

Edité par Bollingen Series/Princeton, 1973

A propos de cet article

Papercover, 662pp, no writing and marking, sunned spine, foxing edges, spots on pages, bevel on pages, Additional charges will apply for international shipping.

N° de réf. du vendeur b41659

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: European Literature and The Latin Middle Ages
• Éditeur: Bollingen Series/Princeton
• Date de parution: 1973
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 069101793X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780691017938
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

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 literature as the vital transition between the literature of antiquity and the vernacular literatures of later centuries. The result is nothing less than a masterful synthesis of European literature from Homer to Goethe.



European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages is a monumental work of literary scholarship. In a new introduction, Colin Burrow provides critical insights into Curtius's life and ideas and highlights the distinctive importance of this wonderful book.

À propos de l'auteur

Ernst Robert Curtius held the chair of romance literature and language at Bonn University from 1929 until his retirement in 1951. Colin Burrow is a fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford. He is the author of Epic Romance: Homer to Milton.