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The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages: Language Theory, Mythology, and Fiction - Softcover

Gellrich, Jesse

 
9781501740701: The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages: Language Theory, Mythology, and Fiction
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ISBN 10: 1501740709 ISBN 13: 9781501740701
Publisher: Cornell University Press, 2019

Synopsis

This book assess the relationship of literature to various other cultural forms in the Middle Ages. Jesse M. Gellrich uses the insights of such thinkers as Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, and Derrida to explore the continuity of medieval ideas about speaking, writing, and texts.

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About the Author

Jesse M. Gellrich is Professor of English at Louisiana State University. She is the author of The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages: Language Theory, Mythology, and Fiction and Discourse and Dominion in the Fourteenth Century: Oral Contexts of Writing in Philosophy, Politics, and Poetry.

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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1501740709
ISBN 13 
9781501740701
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
294

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