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Gellrich, Jesse,

The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages : Language Theory, Mythology, and Fiction / Jesse Gellrich. - Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019] ©1987 - 1 online resource : 9 b&w halftones

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- [1] The Argument of the Book : Medieval Writing and Modern Theory -- [2] The Semiology of Space in the Middle Ages: On Manuscript Painting, Sacred Architecture, Scholasticism, and Music -- [3] The Language of Mythology : On Medieval Grammar and Hermeneutics -- [4] Dante's Liber Occultorum and the Structure of Allegory in the Commedia -- [5] The Origin of Language Reconsidered : Chaucer's House of Fame -- [6] Problems of Misreading: The "Prologue" to The Legend of Good Women -- [7] I nterpreting the "Naked Text" in the "General Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales -- [8] Retrospect: On Historical Change -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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In English.

ISBN: 9781501740718

Standard No.: 10.7591/9781501740718 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.

LC Class. No.: Z6

Dewey Class. No.: 002.0902