Medieval Reading: Grammar, Rhetoric and the Classical Text
(Book #27 in the Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series)
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This book argues for a radically new approach to the history of reading and literacy in the Middle Ages. It investigates the use of complex literary texts as the basis of elementary instruction in the Latin language and, using medieval teachers' notes (glosses) on a classical text (Horace's Satires) and a selection of other unpublished manuscript materials, it demonstrates that the reading of classical literature was profoundly shaped by the demands...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521604524
ISBN13:9780521604529
Release Date:July 2004
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.89 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"
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