UID:
almafu_9960819763002883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 339 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-108-80843-3
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1-108-78642-1
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1-108-77691-4
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in medieval literature
Content:
How did new literatures begin in the Middle Ages and what does it mean to ask about such beginnings? These are the questions this volume pursues across the regions and languages of medieval Europe, from Iceland, Scandinavia, and Iberia through Irish, Welsh, English, French, Dutch, Occitan, German, Italian, Czech, and Croatian to Medieval Greek and the East Slavonic of early Rus. Focusing on vernacular scripted cultures and their complicated relationships with the established literary cultures of Latin, Greek, and Church Slavonic, the volume's contributors describe the processes of emergence, consolidation, and institutionalization that make it possible to speak of a literary tradition in any given language. Moreover, by concentrating on beginnings, the volume avoids the pitfalls of viewing earlier phenomena through the lens of later, national developments; the result is a heightened sense of the historical contingency of categories of language, literature, and territory in the space we call 'Europe'.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Aug 2022).
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Scandinavia / Roberta Frank -- Irish and Welsh / Barry Lewis -- English / Laura Ashe -- Spain / Marina S. Brownlee -- French / David F. Hult -- Dutch / Frits van Oostrom -- Occitan / Sarah Kay -- German / Mark Chinca and Christopher Young -- Italian / K.P. Clarke -- Czech and Croatian / Julia Verkholantsev -- Greek / Panagiotis A. Agapitos -- East Slavonic / Simon Franklin.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108477642
Language:
English
Keywords:
Konferenzschrift
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108776912
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