Transitional States: Change, Tradition, and Memory in Medieval Literature and Culture : Volume 530

Graham D Caie

ISBN 10: 0866985875 / ISBN 13: 9780866985871

Published by Arizona Center For Medieval And Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) Jun 2018, 2018

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Neuware - Changes in words, changes in the world, and changes in minds: transitions between states of speaking, writing, thinking, and being are the subjects of the 14 essays in this collection, which celebrates and was inspired by the work of Allen J. Frantzen. Ranging from individual word-studies to investigations of artifacts and material culture, to historical, philosophical and theological syntheses, the essays are characterized by the same combination of multi-disciplinarity and meticulous attention to detail as the scholarship of the honorand. Transitional States shows how the interplay of tradition and innovation, historical currents and individuality, loss, memory and memorialization combine to produce both the culture of the Middle Ages and our understanding of it.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transitional States: Change, Tradition, and Memory in Medieval Literature and Culture : Volume 530
• Publisher: Arizona Center For Medieval And Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) Jun 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0866985875
• ISBN 13: 9780866985871
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 231W x 160H x 28D millimeters 231 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 499 grams

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Changes in words, changes in the world, and changes in minds: transitions between states of speaking, writing, thinking, and being are the subjects of the 14 essays in this collection, which celebrates and was inspired by the work of Allen J. Frantzen. Ranging from individual word-studies to investigations of artifacts and material culture, to historical, philosophical and theological syntheses, the essays are characterized by the same combination of multi-disciplinarity and meticulous attention to detail as the scholarship of the honorand. Transitional States shows how the interplay of tradition and innovation, historical currents and individuality, loss, memory and memorialization combine to produce both the culture of the Middle Ages and our understanding of it.