Medieval reading : grammar, rhetoric and the classical text / Suzanne Reynolds
| Author(s): | Reynolds, Suzanne |
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| Subjects: | Latin philology--Study and teaching--Europe--History Learning and scholarship--History--Medieval, 500-1500 Latin language--Grammar--Study and teaching--History Literature, Medieval--Roman influences Latin literature--Appreciation--Europe Books and reading--Europe--History Literacy--Europe--History Education, Medieval Rhetoric, Medieval Rhetoric, Ancient Middle Ages |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996 |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in medieval literature 27 |
| LC Classification: | P, PA |
| Table of Contents: | Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Introduction 1 2. Learning to read: the classics and the curriculum 7 3. Reading and the trivium arts 17 4. Origins and mythologies: the invention of language and meaning 45 5. Reading word by word 1: the role of the vernacular 61 6. Reading word by word 2: grammatical and rhetorical approaches 73 7. From words to the phrase: the problem of syntax 88 8. Government: the theory and practice of a grammatical concept 97 9. Rival orders of syntax: vernacular, natural and artificial 110 10. From the phrase to the text: grammatical and rhetorical approaches again 121 11. Naked intention: satire and a new kind of literal reading 135 12. Literacy: a new model for the classical text in the Middle Ages? 150 Notes 155 Select bibliography 207 General index 230 Index of manuscripts 234 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 95033499 ISBN: 0521472571 Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D., Cambridge University) Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-229) and indexes |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 33041971 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0521472571 |