The Making of Textual Culture: 'Grammatica' and Literary Theory 350-1100
(Book #19 in the Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series)
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This is the a major study of the cultural work performed by grammatica, the central discipline concerned with literacy, language, interpretation and literature in medieval society. Grammatica was, with all aspects of Latin literary text, its language, meaning and value. Martin Irvine demonstrates that grammatica, though the first of the liberal arts, was not simply one discipline among many: it had an essentially constitutive function, defining language,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521031990
ISBN13:9780521031998
Release Date:January 2008
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:628 Pages
Weight:2.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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