Philology matters! : essays on the art of reading slowly / edited by Harry Lönnroth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lönnroth, Harry, editor.

Series:

Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts ; v. 19.

Medieval and renaissance authors and texts, 0925-7683 ; volume 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philology.

Physical Description:

xxv, 223 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

This book is about philology and its relevance over time. The compilation foregrounds a multi-faceted field of research that has dealt with the relationship between language, literature and culture for over 2,000 years. The main thread of this volume, comprising ten scholarly essays, is to show that philology as an academic field and a scholarly perspective - understood in its widest sense as the profound understanding of language, literature and culture - does matter in the twenty-first century, that is to say, in our own time characterized by globalization and digitalization. The contributions reflect the many dimensions of philology and its plurality, interdisciplinarity and the humanities. The volume seeks to illustrate various ways of engaging with philology. Here lies the true nature of philology, and this is why it still matters. Contributors are Massimiliano Bampi, Maja Bäckvall, Jonas Carlquist, Odd Einar Haugen, Helge Jordheim, Karl G. Johansson, Lino Leonardi, Harry Lönnroth, Outi Merisalo, Marita Akhøj Nielsen and Nestori Siponkoski.

Contents:

Introduction: why philology matters / Harry Lonnroth

Philology and the problem of culture / Helge Jordheim

Description and reconstruction: an alternative categorization of philological approaches / Maja Backvall

Intertextuality and the oral continuum: the multidisciplinary challenge to philology / Karl G. Johansson

Philological virtues in a virtual world / Marita Akhoj Nielsen

Philology as explanation for historical contexts / Jonas Carlquist

Romance philology between anachronism and historical truth: on editing medieval vernacular texts / Lino Leonardi

Levels of granularity: balancing literary and linguistic interests in the editing of medieval texts / Odd Einar Haugen

The philology of translation / Harry Lonnroth and Nestori Siponkoski

Translating and rewriting in the Middle Ages: a philological approach / Massimiliano Bampi

Ludwig Traube and philology / Outi Merisalo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Philology matters!

ISBN:

9789004315112

900431511X

OCLC:

987282940