Medieval Reading: Grammar, Rhetoric and the Classical Text (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521604529)

This book investigates how people learned to read in the Middle Ages. It uses glosses--medieval teachers' notes--on classical Latin texts to show how these complex works were used in a very basic and literal way in the classroom, and argues that this has profound implications for our understanding of medieval literacy and hermeneutics. Suzanne Reynolds discusses issues including the relationship of Latin and vernacular languages, the role of classical texts in medieval culture, ideas of allegory in the Middle Ages, and medieval literary theory.

Author: Suzanne Reynolds
ISBN-10: 0521604524
ISBN-13: 9780521604529
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/29/2004
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.16w x 0.68d