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- Literary Theory and Criticism in the Later Middle Ages
- Literary Theory and Criticism in the Later Middle Ages
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- The Career and Contributions of Alastair Minnis
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Access through Accessus
- Chapter 2 Scholastic Theory and Vernacular Knowledge
- Chapter 3 Poetics and Biblical Hermeneutics in the Thirteenth Century
- Chapter 4 Robert Holcot and De vetula
- Chapter 5 The Inspired Commentator
- Chapter 6 Guitar Lessons at Blackfriars
- Chapter 7 The Re-cognition of Doctrinal Discourse and Scholastic Literary Theory
- Chapter 8 Arts of Love and Justice
- Chapter 9 The Many Sides of Personification
- Chapter 10 Encountering Vision
- Chapter 11 George Colvile’s Translation of the Consolation of Philosophy
- Chapter 12 When Did the Emotions Become Political?
- Bibliography of the Works of Alastair Minnis
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Criticism, Theory and the Later Medieval Text
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2023
- Literary Theory and Criticism in the Later Middle Ages
- Literary Theory and Criticism in the Later Middle Ages
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- The Career and Contributions of Alastair Minnis
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Access through Accessus
- Chapter 2 Scholastic Theory and Vernacular Knowledge
- Chapter 3 Poetics and Biblical Hermeneutics in the Thirteenth Century
- Chapter 4 Robert Holcot and De vetula
- Chapter 5 The Inspired Commentator
- Chapter 6 Guitar Lessons at Blackfriars
- Chapter 7 The Re-cognition of Doctrinal Discourse and Scholastic Literary Theory
- Chapter 8 Arts of Love and Justice
- Chapter 9 The Many Sides of Personification
- Chapter 10 Encountering Vision
- Chapter 11 George Colvile’s Translation of the Consolation of Philosophy
- Chapter 12 When Did the Emotions Become Political?
- Bibliography of the Works of Alastair Minnis
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
What was literary theory in the Middle Ages? What was literary criticism? How did medieval scholars record their interpretations of texts? What forms did those interpretations take? And how do the forms of medieval literary criticism contribute to the shape of medieval literary theory? By teasing out answers to these questions from a series of examples of medieval (chiefly twelfth-century) commentary on classical literature, this chapter offers an introduction to the study of literary texts, its norms, assumptions, sources and priorities in the Latin Middle Ages. It concludes with an overview of the volume as a whole, focusing on how the various chapters relate to three overarching concepts: interpretation, invention and imagination.
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- Literary Theory and Criticism in the Later Middle AgesInterpretation, Invention, Imagination, pp. 1 - 23Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023