{"product_id":"medieval-theory-of-authorship-alastair-minnis-9780812212570","title":"Medieval Theory of Authorship: Scholastic Literary Attitudes in the Later Middle Ages","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alastair Minnis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812212576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812212570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d","brand":"Alastair Minnis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926350987519,"sku":"9780812212570","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_84577f22-75a7-4b6f-94a0-2e0b21663cd9.jpg?v=1681082590","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/medieval-theory-of-authorship-alastair-minnis-9780812212570","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}