Bellum grammaticale and the rise of european literature, the
Auteur :
Butler, Erik
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781032929798
Date de publication :
14 oct. 2024
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
453 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The now-forgotten genre of the bellum grammaticale flourished in the sixteenth- and seventeenth centuries as a means of satirizing outmoded cultural institutions and promoting new methods of instruction. Butler examines representations of language as war in texts written in Latin, French, and German; the study, by exploring the relationship between