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Literary Criticism General

The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Latin Literature

by (author) Ralph Hexter & David Townsend

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2016
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780190497095
    Publish Date
    Jul 2016
    List Price
    $72.00

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The twenty-eight essays in this handbook represent the best current thinking in the study of Latin language and literature in the Middle Ages. Contributing authors - both senior scholars and gifted younger thinkers among them - not only illuminate the field as traditionally defined but also offer fresh insights into broader questions of literary history, cultural interaction, world literature, and language in history and society. Their studies vividly illustrate the field's complexities on a wide range of topics, including canonicity, literary styles and genres, and the materiality of manuscript culture. At the same time, they suggest future possibilities for the necessarily provisional and open-ended work essential to the pursuit of medieval Latin studies.

The overall approach of The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Latin Literature makes this volume an essential resource for students of the ancient world interested in the prolonged after-life of the classical period's cultural complexes, for medieval historians, for scholars of other medieval literary traditions, and for all those interested in delving more deeply into the fascinating more-than-millennium-long passage between the ancient Mediterranean world and what we consider modernity.

About the authors

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David Townsend, PhD, is a professor in the University of Lethbridge’s Faculty of Education. He has also worked as a classroom teacher, vice principal, consultant, and assistant superintendent. His research interests include leadership, school improvement, teacher development, mentorship, evaluation, university teaching, and action research.

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