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Beschreibung

Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Ælfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style.

Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Ælfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style.

Über den Autor

Rebecca Stephenson is a Lecturer in Old and Middle English at University College Dublin.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Literary Context of the Monastic Reform

Part One

1. Pedagogy of Enchiridion: Layout and Languages

2. Scapegoating the Secular Clergy: The Hermeneutic Style as a Form of Monastic Self-Definition

3. The Politics of English: Computus, Translation, and Monastic Self-Definition

Part Two

4. The Politics of Ælfric’s Prefaces

5. Unraveling the Hermeneutic Style: Ælfric’s Latin Epitomes and English Translations

Conclusion

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781487547479
ISBN-10: 1487547471
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stephenson, Rebecca
Hersteller: University of Toronto Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Rebecca Stephenson
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.05.2022
Gewicht: 0,34 kg
Artikel-ID: 121664833