The Oxford handbook of medieval Latin literature / edited by Ralph J. Hexter and David Townsend.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hexter, Ralph J., 1952-

Townsend, David, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin philology, Medieval and modern.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern--History and criticism.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern.

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern).

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

xvii, 636 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Engages medieval Latin studies with critical paradigms current in other fields of literary scholarship

Twenty-eight highly original essays by an array of senior and rising international scholars Book jacket.

Contents:

The current questions and future prospects of medieval Latin studies / David Townsend

Canonicity / Ralph Hexter

Latin as an acquired language / Carin Ruff

Latin as a language of authoritative tradition / Ryan Szpiech

The cultures and dynamics of translation into medieval Latin / Thomas E. Burman

Medieval Scandinavian Latin / Karsten Frijs-Jensen

The idea of Latinity / Nicholas Watson

Readers and manuscripts / Andrew Taylor

Gloss and commentary / Rita Copeland

Location, location, location : geography, knowledge, and the creation of medieval Latin textual communities / Ralph Hexter

Prose style / Gregory Hays

Verse style / Jean-Yves Tilliette (translated from French)

Crossing generic boundaries / A. G. Rigg

Textual fluidity and the interaction of Latin and the vernacular languages / Brian Murdoch

Martianus Capella and the liberal arts / Andrew Hicks

Mythography / Winthrop Wetherbee

Biblical thematics : the story of Samson in medieval literary discourse / Greti Dinkova-Bruun

The language, form, and performance of monophonic liturgical chants / Susan Boynton and Margot Fassler

Regimens of schooling / Mia Münster-Swendsen

Gender / Sylvia Parsons and David Townsend

Sex and sexuality / Larry Scanlon

Medieval Latin spirituality: seeking divine presence / Anne Clark

Modes of self-writing from antiquity to the later middle ages / Gur Zak

Late antiquity, new departures / Marco Formisano

Renaissances and revivals / Monika Otter

Humanism and continuities in the transition to the early modern / Ronald Witt

Medieval Latin texts, the introduction of print, and the development of editorial methods / Paolo Chiesa (translated from Italian)

Medieval Latin in modern English : translations from the nineteenth century to the present day / Jan Ziolkowski

Chronology of medieval authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780195394016

0195394011

OCLC:

713834613