Vernacular Poetics in the Middle Ages (Studies in Medieval Culture, 16) - Softcover

Ebin, Lois

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0918720192 ISBN 13: 9780918720191

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications, 1984

Synopsis

This volume deals with the attitudes and assumptions about poetry of vernacular writers from the eleventh to the fifteenth century. In contrast to most previous studies, the essays consider not only the formal poetics, but, more importantly, the self-conscious examination of poetry which is increasingly evident in the poems themselves in this period as writers turn from Latin to the imperfect, mutable language of the vernacular. From different perspectives, the essays explore the poets' changing conceptions of their roles and their efforts to develop an effective medium in the vernacular. In the largely neglected dialogue between poets which underlies many medieval poems, the essays reveal an important reassessment of the value and effect of poetry. -from the Introduction.

About this title

About the Author:

Lois Ebin was a professor of English at Barnard College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0918720192
• ISBN 13: 9780918720191
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 309
• Editor: Ebin Lois