{"product_id":"medieval-theory-of-authorship-scholastic-literary-attitudes-in-the-later-middle-ages-paperback","title":"Medieval Theory of Authorship: Scholastic Literary Attitudes in the Later Middle Ages - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlastair Minnis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has often been held that scholasticism destroyed the literary theory that was emerging during the twelfth-century Renaissance, and hence discussion of late medieval literary works has tended to derive its critical vocabulary from modern, not medieval, theory. In \u003ci\u003eMedieval Theory of Authorship\u003c\/i\u003e, now reissued with a new preface by the author, Alastair Minnis asks, \"Is it not better to search again for a conceptual equipment which is at once historically valid and theoretically illuminating?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMinnis has found such writings in the glosses and commentaries on the authoritative Latin writers studied in schools and universities between 1100 and 1400. The prologues to these commentaries provide valuable insight into the medieval theory of authorship. Of special significance is scriptural exegesis, for medieval scholars found the Bible the most difficult text to describe appropriately and accurately.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlastair Minnis is Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of English at Yale University. His Fallible Authors: Chaucer's Pardoner and Wife of Bath is also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450483884210,"sku":"9780812212570","price":47.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/uB7qR80XQE9780812212570.webp?v=1783112836","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/medieval-theory-of-authorship-scholastic-literary-attitudes-in-the-later-middle-ages-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}