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13 produkter
Medieval Literary Theory and Criticism c.1100-c.1375
The Commentary-Tradition
Av Alastair J. Minnis, A. J. Minnis m. fl.
Häftad, 1991
1767 kr
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This anthology of texts in translation, here presented in a fully revised and updated form, covers the single most important branch of medieval literary theory and criticism, the commentary tradition, in one of the most significant periods of its development. The majority of the texts are here …
Magister Amoris: The Roman de la Rose and Vernacular Hermeneutics
Inbunden, 2001
4391 kr
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The Roman de la Rose was a major bestseller - largely due to its robust treatment of 'natural' sexuality. This study concentrates on the ways in which Jean de Meun, in imitation of Ovid, assumed the mock-magisterium (or mastership) of love.From Latin texts and literary theory Jean derived many …
Chaucer and Pagan Antiquity
Inbunden, 1982
1440 kr
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Professor Minnis argues that the paganism in Troilus and Criseyde and The Knight's Taleis not simply a backdrop but must be central to our understanding of the texts. Chaucer's two great pagan poems, Troilus and Criseyde and The Knight's Tale, belong to the literary genre known as the `romance of …
Gower's Confessio Amantis: Responses and Reassessments
Inbunden, 1983
1440 kr
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Published by Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Chaucer's Boece and the Medieval Tradition of Boethius
Inbunden, 1993
1440 kr
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Chaucer's translation of Boethius' work is related to medieval intellectual culture, with attention to Trevet's Boethius commentary.This collection seeks to locate the Boece within the medievaltradition of the academic study and translation of the Consolatiophilosophiae, thereby relating the work …
Late-Medieval Religious Texts and their Transmission
Essays in Honour of A.I. Doyle
Inbunden, 1994
1440 kr
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11 studies of different types of late-medieval religious literature, in English, French and Latin.This collection of new essays constitutes the proceedings of the sixth York Manuscripts Conference, held at the University of York in July 1991. Dr Doyle's lively introductory address is followed by …
Medieval Theology and the Natural Body
Av Peter Biller, Alastair J Minnis
Inbunden, 1997
1250 kr
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New interdisciplinary essays on the treatment of the body in medieval theology.The attitudes towards the human body held by different branches of medieval theology are currently a major focus of scholarly attention. This first volume from York Medieval Press includes studies of the metaphor of man …
Handling Sin
Confession in the Middle Ages
Av A. J. Minnis, Peter Biller m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1250 kr
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Penance and confession were an integral part of medieval religious life; essays explore literary evidence.Penance, confession and their texts (penitential and confessors' manuals) are important topics for an understanding of the middle ages, in relation to a wide range of issues, from medieval …
Contextualising Gower: Texts, Books, Heritage
Av Alastair J Minnis, R F Yeager
Inbunden, 2026
1424 kr
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Essays illuminating Gower's work, the transmission and reception of Gowerian manuscripts and early printings, and his afterlife in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.The fourteenth-century English poet John Gower was acutely aware of the value of words and books in the making of heritage. …
Contextualising Gower: Texts, Books, Heritage
Av R F Yeager, Alastair J Minnis
E-bok, 2026
413 kr
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Essays illuminating Gower''s work, the transmission and reception of Gowerian manuscripts and early printings, and his afterlife in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The fourteenth-century English poet John Gower was acutely aware of the value of words and books in the making of heritage. …
Contextualising Gower: Texts, Books, Heritage
Av R F Yeager, Alastair J Minnis
E-bok, 2026
413 kr
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Essays illuminating Gower''s work, the transmission and reception of Gowerian manuscripts and early printings, and his afterlife in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The fourteenth-century English poet John Gower was acutely aware of the value of words and books in the making of heritage. …
Middle English Poetry: Texts and Traditions
Av Derek Albert Pearsall, York Manuscripts Conference m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1513 kr
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Material on the production and transmission of medieval literature and the early formation of the canon of English poetry.A wide range of poets is covered - Chaucer, Gower, Hoccleve, the Gawain poet, Langland, and Lydgate, along with the translator of Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis. The …
Handling Sin
Confession in the Middle Ages
Av Peter Biller, Alastair J Minnis
Häftad, 2013
300 kr
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Penance and confession were an integral part of medieval religious life; essays explore literary evidence.Penance, confession and their texts (penitential and confessors' manuals) are important topics for an understanding of the middle ages, in relation to a wide range of issues, from medieval …
