Medieval Theory of Authorship: Scholastic Literary Attitudes in the Later Middle Ages

Alastair Minnis

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2010

Medieval Theory of Authorship

Scholastic Literary Attitudes in the Later Middle Ages

Alastair Minnis

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812205701

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About this book

Available again with a new preface, this classic work of medieval literary scholarship argues that discussion of late-medieval literary works has tended to derive its critical vocabulary from modern, not medieval, theory, and offers instead a conceptual equipment which is at once historically valid and theoretically illuminating.

Author / Editor information

Alastair Minnis is Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of English at Yale University. His Fallible Authors: Chaucer's Pardoner and Wife of Bath is also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Reviews

"This valuable book . . . poses in a most interesting form the question of the relationship generally between literary theory and literary practice."—Times Higher Education Supplement

"Stimulating and learned. . . . This book should serve as a milestone in medieval literary theory."—Yearbook of English Studies

"A work of great importance. . . . Minnis's effort takes its own direction and impressively breaks new ground . . . he has helped lay the course theoretical criticism of medieval literature will have to pursue for years to come. It is this originality which most makes Medieval Theory of Authorship the important book that it is."—Studies in the Age of Chaucer

"No professional medievalist with a serious interest in literature can afford to leave this book unread."—British Book News

"An innovative and important book."—Speculum

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface to the Reissued Second Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxvii
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xl
Notes on Style Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xlvi
Introduction: The Significance or the Medieval Theory of Authorship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Academic Prologues to ‘Auctores’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2 Prologues to Scriptural ‘Auctores’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
3 Authorial Roles in the ‘Literal Sense’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
4 Literary Forms in the ‘Literal Sense’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
5 Literary Theory and Literary Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Epilogue: The Familiar Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition: Second Edition
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 368
Illustrations
- Other: 2 illus.
Keywords: Literature; Medieval and Renaissance Studies

eBook

Published: March 13, 2012
ISBN: 9780812205701