Medieval grammar and rhetoric : language arts and literary theory, AD 300 -1475

__Medieval Grammar and Rhetoric: Language Arts and Literary Theory, AD 300-1475__ contributes to two fields, the history of the language arts and the history of literary theory. It brings together essential sources in the disciplines of grammar and rhetoric which were used to understand literary form and language and teach literary composition. Grammar and rhetoric, the language disciplines, formed the basis of any education from antiquity through the Middle Ages, no matter what future career a student would want to pursue. Because literature was also the subject matter of grammatical teaching, and because rhetorical teaching gave great attention to literary form, these were also the disciplines that would prepare students for an understanding of literary language and form. These arts constituted the abiding theoretical toolbox for anyone engaged in a life of letters.The book brings together more than fifty primary texts from the medieval history of grammar and rhetoric, well over half of them never translated into English before. The volume establishes the ancient traditions on which the medieval arts are based, and gives substantial selections from the late antique source texts. All texts are presented in their historical and theoretical contexts, and carefully annotated in order to make them useful to readers, both specialists and non-specialists. For the first time, the long traditions of grammar and rhetoric are presented together in one historical survey, showing how they related to each other, and are placed in a coherent conceptual structure, their contributions to literary theory. Preface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations A note on Translations General Introduction Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Part 1 Arts of Language, CA. 300–CA. 950 Introduction Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Terentianus Maurus, De litteris and De syllabis, CA. 300 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Aelius Donatus, Ars minor, Ars maior, Life of Virgil, CA. 350 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Marius Victorinus, Commentary on the De inventione, Before 355 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Servius, Commentary on the Aeneid, CA. 400–420 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Tiberius Claudius Donatus, Interpretationes Vergilianae, CA. 400 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Martianus Capella, De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, CA. 420–490 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae and Institutio de Nomine Pronomine Verbo, CA. 520 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Boethius, De Topicis Differentiis, Book 4, CA. 523 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Cassiodorus, Expositio Psalmorum, CA. 540, and Institutiones, CA. 562 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae, CA. 625 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Virgilius Maro Grammaticus, Epistolae and Epitomae, CA. 650 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Bede, De arte metrica and De schematibus et tropis, CA.710 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Alcuin, Ars grammatica and Disputatio de rhetorica et de virtutibus, CA. 790–800 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Glosses on Priscian by Remigius and his Followers (Ninth and Tenth Centuries) Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Part 2 Dossiers on the Ablative Absolute and Etymology Introduction Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter The Ablative Absolute Dossier Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Etymology Dossier Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Part 3 Sciences and Curricula of Language in the Twelfth Century Introduction Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Commentaries on Priscian, CA. 1080 to CA. 1150 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Rupert of Deutz, De sancta trinitate et operibus eius, 1112–1116 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Thierry of Chartres, Commentaries on the De inventione and Rhetorica Ad Herennium, CA. 1130–1140 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Thierry of Chartres, Prologue to the Heptateuchon; Prologues to Donatus, CA. 1140 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Petrus Helias, Summa super Priscianum, CA. 1140–1150 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Dominicus Gundissalinus, De divisione philosophiae, CA. 1150–1160 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter John of Salisbury, Metalogicon, 1159 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Grammatical Commentaries from The “School” of Ralph of Beauvais, CA. 1165–1175 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Alan of Lille, Anticlaudianus, CA. 1182 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Alexander Neckam, A List of Textbooks (from Sacerdos ad altare), CA. 1210 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Part 4 Pedagogies of Grammar and Rhetoric, CA. 1150–1280 Introduction Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Prologues to Twelfth-Century School Commentaries on Horace’s Ars poetica, CA. 1150 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Matthew of Vendôme, Ars Versificatoria, CA. 1175 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Alexander of Villa Dei, Doctrinale, 1199 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Eberhard of Béthune, Graecismus, 1212 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Geoffrey of Vinsauf, Poetria nova, CA. 1208–1213 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Gervase of Melkley, Ars versificaria, CA. 1215–1216 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Thomas of Chobham, Summa de arte praedicandi, CA. 1220 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter John of Garland, Parisiana poetria, CA. 1231–1235 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Hugh of Trimberg, Registrum multorum auctorum, 1280 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Tria Sunt (After 1256, Before 1400) Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Part 5 Professional, Civic, and Scholastic Approaches to the Language Arts, CA. 1225–CA. 1272 Introduction Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Guido Faba, Preface to the Rota nova, CA. 1225 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Henri d’Andeli, Bataille des VII ars, CA. 1230 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Commentary on the Barbarismus (attributed to Robert Kilwardby), CA. 1250 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Hermannus Alemannus, Al-Farabi’s Didascalia on Aristotle’s Rhetoric, 1256 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Brunetto Latini, Rettorica, CA. 1260 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Vincent of Beauvais, Speculum doctrinale, CA. 1260 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Thomas Aquinas, Preface to his Expositio of Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics, 1270 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Giles of Rome, Commentary on Aristotle’s Rhetoric, CA. 1272 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Part 6 Receptions of the Traditions: The Language Arts and Poetics in the Later Middle Ages, CA. 1369–CA. 1475 Introduction Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Nicolaus Dybinus, Declaracio oracionis de beata Dorothea, CA. 1369 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter John Gower, Confessio amantis, 1386–1390 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter General Prologue of the Wycliffite Bible, CA. 1395–1399 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter John Lydgate, Fall of Princes, 1431–1439 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter A Middle English Treatise on the Seven Liberal Arts, CA. 1475 Rita Copeland, and Ineke Sluiter Select Bibliographies Index of Latin Terms Index of Ancient and Medieval Names General Index "Medieval Grammar and Rhetoric: Language Arts and Literary Theory, AD 300-1475 contributes to two fields, the history of the language arts and the history of literary theory. It brings together essential sources in the disciplines of grammar and rhetoric which were used to understand literary form and language and teach literary composition. Grammar and rhetoric, the language disciplines, formed the basis of any education from antiquity through the Middle Ages, no matter what future career a student would want to pursue. Because literature was also the subject matter of grammatical teaching, and because rhetorical teaching gave great attention to literary form, these were also the disciplines that would prepare students for an understanding of literary language and form. These arts constituted the abiding theoretical toolbox for anyone engaged in a life of letters." "The book brings together more than fifty primary texts from the medieval history of grammar and rhetoric, well over half of them never translated into English before. The volume establishes the ancient traditions on which the medieval arts are based, and gives substantial selections from the late antique source texts. All texts are presented in their historical and theoretical contexts, and carefully annotated in order to make them useful to readers, both specialists and non-specialists. For the first time, the long traditions of grammar and rhetoric are presented together in one historical survey, showing how they related to each other, and are placed in a coherent conceptual structure, their contributions to literary theory."--Jacket An anthology of over fifty primary texts representing the development of grammar, rhetoric, and literary study from the early to the late Middle Ages, many translated into English for the first time. Includes historical essays, headnotes, and detailed annotations, making this a valuable resource for specialists and non-specialists alike.