The Making of Textual Culture: 'Grammatica' and Literary Theory 350-1100 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521031998)

This is the first major study of the cultural role of grammatica, the central discipline concerned with literacy, language, and literature in early medieval society. Martin Irvine draws together several aspects of medieval culture--literary theory, the nature of literacy, education, Biblical interpretation, linguistic thought--in order to reveal the more far-reaching social effects of grammatica in medieval culture. The book is based on new and previously neglected sources, many of which have been edited from medieval manuscripts for the first time.

Author: Martin Irvine
ISBN-10: 0521031990
ISBN-13: 9780521031998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2006
Pages: 628
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.39d