Century Readings in European Literature (Medieval and Modern)
Author | : John William Cunliffe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 570 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John William Cunliffe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 570 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : English literature |
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Author | : John William Cunliffe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1186 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Classical literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John W. Cunliffe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 543 |
Release | : 1983-02-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780899841243 |
Author | : Theodore L. Steinberg |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2010-06-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0786481870 |
Medieval literature is separated from us by so many centuries that it may seem completely foreign, both in its concerns and its techniques. However, this literature has much to say to 21st century readers and Steinberg's book demonstrates its continuing relevance and appeal. This introduction to medieval literature provides some of the cultural context that readers need to know in order to understand the literature, such as the religious orientation of the people, often deep and sincere but sometimes treated casually or subjected to intense scrutiny. The first chapter provides a brief explanation of medieval religious thought, cosmology and intellectual history. The remaining chapters provide introductions to a number of individual works ranging from Beowulf to the works of Chaucer. Avoiding the tendency to regard the Middle Ages as an era dominated by Christian men, these discussions include works by women writers and Jewish writers and a chapter on the medieval Japanese masterpiece The Tale of Genji. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author | : John William Cunliffe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Classical literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John William Cunliffe |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Classical literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mark Chinca |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2022-08-25 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1108808433 |
How did new literatures begin in the Middle Ages and what does it mean to ask about such beginnings? These are the questions this volume pursues across the regions and languages of medieval Europe, from Iceland, Scandinavia, and Iberia through Irish, Welsh, English, French, Dutch, Occitan, German, Italian, Czech, and Croatian to Medieval Greek and the East Slavonic of early Rus. Focusing on vernacular scripted cultures and their complicated relationships with the established literary cultures of Latin, Greek, and Church Slavonic, the volume's contributors describe the processes of emergence, consolidation, and institutionalization that make it possible to speak of a literary tradition in any given language. Moreover, by concentrating on beginnings, the volume avoids the pitfalls of viewing earlier phenomena through the lens of later, national developments; the result is a heightened sense of the historical contingency of categories of language, literature, and territory in the space we call 'Europe'.
Author | : Laurie A. Finke |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2019-06-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1501741888 |
This collection brings together twelve original essays by prominent medievalists which address problems posed by contemporary literary and cultural theory. Taken together, the essays call into question the view that contemporary criticism has little to say about medieval literature and that medieval studies should remain isolated from the issues of contemporary criticism. The contributors apply a variety of critical methodologies to explore issues in textuality, intertextuality, and the role of the reader in works of medieval writers as diverse as Chaucer, Dante, Christine de Pizan, Anselm, and Talavera. Incorporating critical approaches such as deconstructionism, Marxism, feminism, new-historicism and reader-response criticism, the essays place these writers and their texts within a wider realm of cultural reference that embraces philosophy, religion, rhetoric, history, politics, and anthropology.
Author | : Ernst Robert Curtius |
Publisher | : [New York] : Pantheon Books |
Total Pages | : 690 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Latin literature, Medieval and modern |
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