Criticism and Dissent in the Middle Ages

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Criticism and Dissent in the Middle Ages
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Rita Copeland
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:348
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 153
Category/GenreLiterary studies - classical, early and medieval
ISBN/Barcode 9780521024433
ClassificationsDewey:820.9001
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 12 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 9 March 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

What were the boundaries between 'official' and 'subversive', 'orthodox' and 'dissenting' critical practices in the Middle Ages? Placing medieval critical and intellectual discourses within their cultural and ideological frameworks, Criticism and Dissent in the Middle Ages examines conflicts of gender, violence, academic freedom, hermeneutical authority, sacramentalism and heresy among so-called official as well as dissenting critical orders. Pedagogies, theories of grammar and rhetoric, poetics and hermeneutics, academic 'sciences', clerical professionalism, literacy, visual images, theology, and textual cultures of heresy are all considered. This 1996 collection of essays by major scholars examines medieval critical discourse, theories of textuality and interpretation, and representations of learning and knowledge - as contesting and contested institutional practices within and between Latin and vernacular cultures.

Reviews

'Copeland is to be congratulated for having gathered an edition that manages to be both intelligent and thought-provoking.' Peritia