The Premodern Condition: Medievalism and the Making of Theory

by Bruce Holsinger

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The Premodern Condition identifies and explains a surprising affinity for medievalism and medieval studies among the leading figures of critical theory. Drawing on a wide range of philosophical, literary-critical, and sociological works produced within the French nouvelle critique of the 1960s, Holsinger argues for reconceiving these discourses, in part, as a brilliant amalgamation of medievalisms.

Holsinger shows that the preoccupation...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226349721

ISBN13:9780226349725

Release Date:December 2005

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.21 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Deconstruction Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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