Error and the Academic Self: The Scholarly Imagination, Medieval to Modern

by Seth Lerer

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How and why did the academic style of writing, with its emphasis on criticism and correctness, develop? Seth Lerer suggests that the answer lies in medieval and Renaissance philology and, more specifically, in mistakes. For Lerer, erring is not simply being wrong, but being errant, and this book illuminates the wanderings of exiles, migr s, dissenters, and the socially estranged as they helped form the modern university disciplines of philology and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0231123736

ISBN13:9780231123730

Release Date:February 2003

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:388 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Education Education & Reference Language Arts Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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