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This book assess the relationship of literature to various other cultural forms in the Middle Ages. Jesse M. Gellrich uses the insights of such thinkers as Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, and Derrida to explore the continuity of medieval ideas about speaking, writing, and texts.



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One of the most successful attempts yet to apply contemporary literary theory to medieval poetry.

-- A.J. Minnis * Times Literary Supplement *

The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: 15/08/2019
      ISBN13: 9781501740701, 978-1501740701
      ISBN10: 1501740709
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      Literary theory Western philosophy from c 1800

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book assess the relationship of literature to various other cultural forms in the Middle Ages. Jesse M. Gellrich uses the insights of such thinkers as Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, and Derrida to explore the continuity of medieval ideas about speaking, writing, and texts.



      Trade Review

      One of the most successful attempts yet to apply contemporary literary theory to medieval poetry.

      -- A.J. Minnis * Times Literary Supplement *

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