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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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