The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages : Language Theory, Mythology, and Fiction / / Jesse M. Gellrich

• Autore: Gellrich Jesse M. <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , 1985; ©1985
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p. :) : ill.
• Disciplina: 002
• Soggetto topico: Learning and scholarship - Europe - History - Medieval, 500-1500; Transmission of texts; Literature, Medieval - History and criticism; Books - Europe - History - 400-1400
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p. 257-285.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages
• ISBN: 1-5017-4071-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910367642003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II