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The book of the incipit : beginnings in the fourteenth century / D. Vance Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, D. Vance, 1963-
- Series:
- Medieval cultures ; v. 28.
- Medieval cultures ; v. 28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman.
- Langland, William.
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400?.
- Christian poetry, English (Middle)--History and criticism.
- Christian poetry, English (Middle).
- English language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Rhetoric.
- English language.
- Langland, William, 1330?-1400?--Technique.
- Openings (Rhetoric).
- Rhetoric, Medieval.
- Incipits.
- Technique.
- Rhetoric.
- English language--Middle English.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 295 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- A mostly theoretical and philosophical examination of the concept of beginnings in medieval literature, notably in Piers Plowman, as well as grammar, rhetoric, physics, theology and genealogy. Smith focuses on the ways in which texts begin and how the initiative of beginning, heralded as a call for action, is maintained.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-281) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0816637601
- OCLC:
- 45493377
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