Author: John Reynell MorellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A History of European Literature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times
Author: John Reynell MorellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A History of European Literature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times
Author: John Reynell MorellPublisher:
ISBN: 9780371381687
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A History of European Literature
Author: Walter CohenPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191078913
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Walter Cohen argues that the history of European literature and each of its standard periods can be illuminated by comparative consideration of the different literary languages within Europe and by the ties of European literature to world literature. World literature is marked by recurrent, systematic features, outcomes of the way that language and literature are at once the products of major change and its agents. Cohen tracks these features from ancient times to the present, distinguishing five main overlapping stages. Within that framework, he shows that European literatures ongoing internal and external relationships are most visible at the level of form rather than of thematic statement or mimetic representation. European literature emerges from world literature before the birth of Europe — during antiquity, whose Classical languages are the heirs to the complex heritage of Afro-Eurasia. This legacy is later transmitted by Latin to the various vernaculars. The uniqueness of the process lies in the gradual displacement of the learned language by the vernacular, long dominated by Romance literatures. That development subsequently informs the second crucial differentiating dimension of European literature: the multicontinental expansion of its languages and characteristic genres, especially the novel, beginning in the Renaissance. This expansion ultimately results in the reintegration of European literature into world literature and thus in the creation of todays global literary system. The distinctiveness of European literature is to be found in these interrelated trajectories.
A History of European Literature
Author: J. MorellPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368804596
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
History of European Literature
Author: Annick Benoit-DusausoyPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415173346
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 731
Book Description
This collaboration between European universities traces the development of literature in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present day. Organized in chronological order, the survey presents an overall picture of Europe's literature. The book brings to the fore authors and movements which have always lain outside mainstream literature as well as discussing many well known works. Period by period, the book highlights the influence of individual authors on their own times and in the future, as well as tracing the fortunes of various literary styles across Europe as a whole.
European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages
Author: Ernst Robert CurtiusPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400846153
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Published just after the Second World War, European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages is a sweeping exploration of the remarkable continuity of European literature across time and place, from the classical era up to the early nineteenth century, and from the Italian peninsula to the British Isles. In what T. S. Eliot called a "magnificent" book, Ernst Robert Curtius establishes medieval Latin literature as the vital transition between the literature of antiquity and the vernacular literatures of later centuries. The result is nothing less than a masterful synthesis of European literature from Homer to Goethe. European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages is a monumental work of literary scholarship. In a new introduction, Colin Burrow provides critical insights into Curtius's life and ideas and highlights the distinctive importance of this wonderful book.
A History of European Literature
Author: J. R. MorellPublisher:
ISBN: 9780827411975
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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A New History of Medieval French Literature
Author: Jacqueline Cerquiglini-TouletPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421403323
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Is it legitimate to conceive of and write a history of medieval French literature when the term “literature” as we know it today did not appear until the very end of the Middle Ages? In this novel introduction to French literature of the period, Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet says yes, arguing that a profound literary consciousness did exist at the time. Cerquiglini-Toulet challenges the standard ways of reading and evaluating literature, considering medieval literature not as separate from that in other eras but as part of the broader tradition of world literature. Her vast and learned readings of both canonical and lesser-known works pose crucial questions about, among other things, the notion of otherness, the meaning of change and stability, and the relationship of medieval literature with theology. Part history of literature, part theoretical criticism, this book reshapes the language and content of medieval works. By weaving together topics such as the origin of epic and lyric poetry, Latin-French bilingualism, women’s writing, grammar, authorship, and more, Cerquiglini-Toulet does nothing less than redefine both philosophical and literary approaches to medieval French literature. Her book is a history of the literary act, a history of words, a history of ideas and works—monuments rather than documents—that calls into question modern concepts of literature.
A History of European Literature
Author: John Reynell MorellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781296517618
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Century Readings in European Literature (Medieval and Modern)
Author: John William CunliffePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description