This volume argues through a series of selected local studies, for the importance of "textual criticism" as a fundamental act of historical interpretation and recovery, pointing out the need for atten
Tackling the origins of courtly literature from a theoretical, instead of the usual historical, perspective, Kay (French and Occitan literature, U. of Cambridge) finds contradiction to be central to t
For librarians and their patrons, assembles direct sources to over 11,500 major locations in the US, with guides to finding the right office and files for the specific information being sought. The 2
This book explores the wide range of Dante's reading and the extent to which he transformed what he read, whether in the biblical canon, in the ancient Latin poets, in such Christian authorities as Au
A century after his birth and fifty years after the composition of his powerfully influential Mimesis, Erich Auerbach is still a touchstone for contemporary academic debates on the place of historical
This work of intellectual and cultural history seeks to understand the recurring connection of teaching with contradiction in some major texts of the European Middle Ages. It moves comfortably between
