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UNINA9910367642003321 |
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Gellrich Jesse M. <1942-> |
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The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages : Language Theory, Mythology, and Fiction / / Jesse M. Gellrich |
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Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , 1985 |
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©1985 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 p. :) : ill. ; |
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Soggetti |
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Learning and scholarship - Europe - History - Medieval, 500-1500 |
Transmission of texts |
Literature, Medieval - History and criticism |
Books - Europe - History - 400-1400 |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Bibliography: p. 257-285. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- [1] The Argument of the Book : Medieval Writing and Modern Theory -- [2] The Semiology of Space in the Middle Ages: On Manuscript Painting, Sacred Architecture, Scholasticism, and Music -- [3] The Language of Mythology : On Medieval Grammar and Hermeneutics -- [4] Dante's Liber Occultorum and the Structure of Allegory in the Commedia -- [5] The Origin of Language Reconsidered : Chaucer's House of Fame -- [6] Problems of Misreading: The "Prologue" to The Legend of Good Women -- [7] I nterpreting the "Naked Text" in the "General Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales -- [8] Retrospect: On Historical Change -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book assess the relationship of literature to various other cultural forms in the Middle Ages. Jesse M. Gellrich uses the insights of such thinkers as Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, and Derrida to explore the continuity of medieval ideas about speaking, writing, and texts. |
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