Translatio, or, The transmission of culture in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance : modes and messages / edited by Laura H. Hollengreen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hollengreen, Laura Holden.

Series:

Arizona studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance ; v. 13.

Arizona studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval.

Civilization, Medieval.

Transmission of texts.

Physical Description:

xvi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Translatio

Transmission of culture in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, [2008]

Summary:

This volume presents an impressive array of instances of cultural translation between nations, religions, languages, genres, and media. It spans a chronological period that extends from late antiquity to the sixteenth century.

Translatio, or the Transmission of Culture analyses multiple forms of cultural transmission - the ancient and medieval arts of memory, the propagation of saints' cults, mechanisms of social and spiritual discipline, and the foundations of national identity - to offer a rich investigation into the formulation of cultural influence in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It explores the materials, methods, and contexts of translation through traditional philological and historical practices, as well as foregrounding provocative new readings of familiar sources influenced by recent research into cognition, ideology, and gender. With something for both the seasoned scholar and the student, Translatio, or the Transmission of Culture reveals some of the processes by which meaning is re-made in the present from the materials of the past.

Contents:

Mechanisms for the Transmission of Culture: The Role of 'Place' in the Arts of Memory / Mary Carruthers 1

Arts of Recollection and Cultural Transmission / Rebeca Helfer 27

Interpreting the Translator: Ælfric, His Sources, and His Critics / Rhonda L. McDaniel 55

From East to West: Translating the Acts of John by Prochorus in Metz in the Thirteenth Century / Damien Kempf 69

"Spain is Different" : The Untold Story of the Translatio of the Passio of St. Catherine of Alexandria / Margaret Parker 79

Gratuitous Examples and the Grateful Dead: Appropriation and Negotiation of Traditional Narratives in Medieval Exemplary Ghost Stories / Hans Peter Broedel 97

Vernacular Theology in the Disputacione betwyx the Body and Wormes / Wendy A. Matlock 113

The Iconographic Parodies Bracketing Chaucer's Summoner's Tale / Marijane Osborn, Harry Enfijian 129

The Land Spirit's Rebellion: Icelandic Independence and Religious Conflict in Bárðar saga / Janice Hawes 143

Richard II and the Cults of Saints George and Edward the Confessor / Jonathan Good 161

Decoding and Deciphering the Meanings Served at Late Medieval Feasts / Ken Fullam 179

The Packaging of Spanish Literature for an English-Language Audience / Charlotte Ward 195

Worlds Apart? Chaucerian (Re)Constructions in Britain and America / Geoffrey Gust 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9782503518923

2503518923

OCLC:

261965928