02720oam 22005534a 450 991036764200332120210915045226.01-5017-4071-710.7591/9781501740718(CKB)4100000008351086(OCoLC)1122599477(MdBmJHUP)muse76397(DE-B1597)527413(OCoLC)1102806492(DE-B1597)9781501740718(EXLCZ)99410000000835108619841005d1985 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Idea of the Book in the Middle AgesLanguage Theory, Mythology, and Fiction /Jesse M. GellrichIthaca, NY :Cornell University Press,1985.©1985.1 online resource (292 p. :)ill. ;Includes index.0-8014-1722-8 1-5017-4070-9 Bibliography: p. 257-285.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 --INDEXThis 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.Learning and scholarshipEuropeHistoryMedieval, 500-1500Transmission of textsLiterature, MedievalHistory and criticismBooksEuropeHistory400-1400Electronic books. Learning and scholarshipHistoryTransmission of texts.Literature, MedievalHistory and criticism.BooksHistory002Gellrich Jesse M.1942-155339MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910367642003321The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages2428347UNINA