Literary theory and criticism in the later Middle Ages : interpretation, invention, imagination : essays in honour of Alastair Minnis

This collection makes a new, profound and far-reaching intervention into the rich yet little-explored terrain between Latin scholastic theory and vernacular literature. Written by a multidisciplinary team of leading international authors, the chapters honour and advance Alastair Minnis's field-defining scholarship. A wealth of expert essays refract the nuances of theory through the medium of authoritative Latin and vernacular medieval texts, providing fresh interpretative treatment to known canonical works while also bringing unknown materials to light. Figures, pp. vii-vii Contributors, pp. viii-x Preface and Acknowledgements, pp. xi-xv Abbreviations and Conventions, pp. xvi-xvii The Career and Contributions of Alastair Minnis, pp. xviii-xxvi By Vincent Gillespie Introduction, pp. 1-23 Criticism, Theory and the Later Medieval Text By Andrew Kraebel Chapter 1 - Access through Accessus, pp. 24-41 Gateways to Learning in a Manuscript of School Texts By Marjorie Curry Woods Chapter 2 - Scholastic Theory and Vernacular Knowledge, pp. 42-61 By Jocelyn Wogan-Browne Chapter 3 - Poetics and Biblical Hermeneutics in the Thirteenth Century, pp. 62-77 By Gilbert Dahan Chapter 4 - Robert Holcot and De vetula, pp. 78-93 Beyond Smalley’s Assessment By Ralph Hanna Chapter 5 - The Inspired Commentator, pp. 94-115 Theories of Interpretive Authority in the Writings of Richard Rolle By Andrew Kraebel Chapter 6 - Guitar Lessons at Blackfriars, pp. 116-136 Vernacular Medicine and Preacher’s Style in Henry Daniel’s Liber Uricrisiarum By Joe Stadolnik Chapter 7 - The Re-cognition of Doctrinal Discourse and Scholastic Literary Theory, pp. 137-158 Affordances of Ordinatio in Reginald Pecock’s Donet and Reule of Crysten Religioun By Ian Johnson Chapter 8 - Arts of Love and Justice, pp. 159-179 Property, Women and Golden Age Politics in Le Roman de la Rose By Jessica Rosenfeld Chapter 9 - The Many Sides of Personification, pp. 180-205 Rhetorical Theory and Piers Plowman By Nicolette Zeeman Chapter 10 - Encountering Vision, pp. 206-219 Dislocation, Disquiet, Perplexity By Mary Carruthers Chapter 11 - George Colvile’s Translation of the Consolation of Philosophy, pp. 220-248 By Ian Cornelius Chapter 12 - When Did the Emotions Become Political?, pp. 249-268 Medieval Origins and Enlightenment Outcomes By Rita Copeland Bibliography of the Works of Alastair Minnis, pp. 269-285 By Gina Marie Hurley, Clara Wild Bibliography, pp. 286-315 Index, pp. 316-322 "Literary Theory and Criticism in the Later Middle Ages This collection makes a new, profound and far-reaching intervention into the rich yet little-explored terrain between Latin scholastic theory and vernacular literatures. Written by a multidisciplinary team of leading international authors, the chapters honour and advance Alastair Minnis' field-defining scholarship. A wealth of expert essays refract the nuances of theory through the medium of authoritative Latin and vernacular medieval texts, providing fresh interpretative treatment to known canonical works while also bringing unknown materials to light"-- Provided by publisher This collection makes a new, profound and far-reaching intervention into the rich yet neglected terrain? between Latin scholastic theory and vernacular literatures. Written by a multidisciplinary team of leading international authors, the chapters honour and advance Alastair Minnis' field-defining scholarship.