The most important part of the title of this book is the word "and. These words form the memorable conclusion to D H Green's study "Medieval Listening and Reading, they encapsulate how, in the Middle Ages, orality and literacy are not to be considered as tow separate and largely unrelated cultures or modes of textual transmission, but as elements in a mutual interplay and interpenetration. In this volume, scholars from Britain, Germany and North America follow Green's insistence on viewing medieval orality and literary in their conjunction, opening up new areas fro investigation as well as reformulating old problems, The languages and literatures covered include English, Latin, French, Occtain and German, and the essays span the whole of the period from the early Middle Ages through to the fifteenth century.

• ISBN: 2503514510
• ISBN-13: 9782503514512
• Editors : Mark Chinca and Christopher Young
• Language : English
• Format:  Hardcover
• Publication Date: 10/1/2005
• Publisher Imprint: Brepols Publishers
• Price ($AUD): $172.95


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