Medieval reading : grammar, rhetoric, and the classical text / Suzanne Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reynolds, Suzanne.

Contributor:

Cambridge University Press.

Series:

Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 27.

Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin philology--Study and teaching--Europe--History--To 1500.

Latin philology.

Learning and scholarship--History--Medieval, 500-1500.

Learning and scholarship.

History.

Books and reading--Europe--History--To 1500.

Books and reading.

Latin literature--Appreciation--Europe.

Latin literature.

Latin literature--Appreciation.

Literacy.

Literature, Medieval--Roman influences.

Literature, Medieval.

Latin philology--Study and teaching.

Europe.

Literacy--Europe--History--To 1500.

Education, Medieval.

Rhetoric, Medieval.

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Middle Ages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 235 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book argues for a radically new approach to the history of reading and literacy in the Middle Ages. It investigates the use of complex literary texts as the basis of elementary instruction in the Latin language and, using medieval teachers' notes (glosses) on a classical text (Horace's Satires) and a selection of other unpublished manuscript materials, it demonstrates that the reading of classical literature was profoundly shaped by the demands of acquiring Latin literacy through the arts of grammar and rhetoric. The resolutely literal readings of Latin texts found in these educational and institutional contexts call for a reassessment of the relationship of Latin and vernacular discourses in medieval culture, and of some central notions in medieval hermeneutics, notably allegory and authorial intention.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Contents for reading: Learning to read : the classics and the curriculum ; Reading and the trivium arts

Part II. Reading Practice: Origins and mythologies : the invention of language and meaning ; Reading word by word (1) : the role of the vernacular ; Reading word by word (2) : grammatical and rhetorical approaches ; From words to the phrase : the problem of syntax ; Government : the theory and practice of a grammatical concept ; Rival orders of syntax: vernacular, natural and artificial ; From the phrase to the text: grammatical and rhetorical approaches again ; Naked intention : satire and a new kind of literal reading.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-229) and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780511470356

0511470355

Publisher Number:

99979181136

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.