{"product_id":"medieval-reading-grammar-rhetoric-and-the-classical-text-hardback-9780521472579","title":"Medieval Reading; Grammar, Rhetoric and the Classical Text (Hardback) 9780521472579","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMedieval Reading\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGrammar, Rhetoric and the Classical Text\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book argues for a radically new approach to the history of reading and literacy in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSuzanne Reynolds (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521472579, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 August 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm, 0.575 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This is an original, stimulating book which will be useful to all scholars working on reading and literacy in the Middle Ages.' Peritia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book argues for a radically new approach to the history of reading and literacy in the Middle Ages. It investigates the use of complex literary texts as the basis of elementary instruction in the Latin language and, using medieval teachers' notes (glosses) on a classical text (Horace's Satires) and a selection of other unpublished manuscript materials, it demonstrates that the reading of classical literature was profoundly shaped by the demands of acquiring Latin literacy through the arts of grammar and rhetoric. The resolutely literal readings of Latin texts found in these educational and institutional contexts call for a reassessment of the relationship of Latin and vernacular discourses in medieval culture, and of some central notions in medieval hermeneutics, notably allegory and authorial intention.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Contents for reading: 2. Learning to read: the classics and the curriculum\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reading and the trivium arts\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Reading Practice: 4. Origins and mythologies: the invention of language and meaning\u003cbr\u003e 5. Reading word by word (1): the role of the vernacular\u003cbr\u003e 6. Reading word by word (2): grammatical and rhetorical approaches\u003cbr\u003e 7. From words to the phrase: the problem of syntax\u003cbr\u003e 8. Government: the theory and practice of a grammatical concept\u003cbr\u003e 9. Rival orders of syntax: vernacular, natural and artificial\u003cbr\u003e 10. From the phrase to the text: grammatical and rhetorical approaches again\u003cbr\u003e 11. Naked intention: satire and a new kind of literal reading\u003cbr\u003e 12. Literacy: a new model for the classical text in the middle ages?\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007660413208,"sku":"9780521472579","price":77.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521472579i_71a6f4d3-025c-42d2-91e8-03463bc49731.jpg?v=1691382780","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/medieval-reading-grammar-rhetoric-and-the-classical-text-hardback-9780521472579","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}