Description: Virgil in Medieval England: Figuring The Aeneid from the Twelfth Century to Chaucer (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, Series Number 24) [hardcover] Baswell, Christopher Product Overview What happens when a prestigious text of one period is read and reused in a different, much later world? What can we learn from the annotations accumulated by a single manuscript as it moved among new institutions and readerships? In this study Christopher Baswell takes as his model Virgil's Aeneid, and the many kinds of appeal it held for the culture of the Middle Ages. He examines a series of Latin manuscripts of the text which were copied in twelfth-century England but reused and reannotated for three centuries, and shows how medieval vernacular poets used Virgil's prestige to lay their own claim to poetic and even political authority. Read more Details Publisher : Cambridge University Press (May 26, 1995) Language : English Hardcover : 460 pages ISBN-10 : 0521462940 ISBN-13 : 45 Item Weight : 1.65 pounds Dimensions : 6.25 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches Best Sellers Rank: #11,021,402 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #6,003 in Epic Poetry (Books) #8,179 in English Literature #12,192 in Medieval Literary Criticism (Books) #6,003 in Epic Poetry (Books) #8,179 in English Literature Stock Photos Please Note: All of our book listings use stock photos unless otherwise stated. Please read our descriptions for accurate conditions and editions, don't use the photos! Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 0521462940
ISBN10: 0521462940
ISBN13: 9780521462945
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Brand: Cambridge University Press
GTIN: 09780521462945
Number of Pages: 460 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Virgil in Medieval England : Figuring the Aeneid from the Twelfth Century to Chaucer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 1995
Subject: Poetry, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Item Weight: 26.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Christopher Baswell
Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Ser.
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
