Authority and Imitation: A Study of the Cosmographia of Bernard Silvestris
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The Cosmographia is one of the most inventive and enigmatic works of medieval literature. Mark Kauntze argues that this allegory of creation is best understood as a product of the vibrant intellectual culture of twelfth-century France. Bernard Silvestris established the authority of his treatise by imitating those ancient philosophers and poets who were assiduously studied in the contemporary schools. But he also revised and updated them, to...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:9004256911
ISBN13:9789004256910
Release Date:May 2014
Publisher:Brill
Length:234 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"
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