The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages: Language Theory, Mythology, and Fiction

This Book Assess The Relationship Of Literature To Various Other Cultural Forms In The Middle Ages. Jesse M. Gellrich Uses The Insights Of Such Thinkers As Levi-strauss, Foucault, Barthes, And Derrida To Explore The Continuity Of Medieval Ideas About Speaking, Writing, And Texts. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- [1] The Argument Of The Book : Medieval Writing And Modern Theory -- [2] The Semiology Of Space In The Middle Ages: On Manuscript Painting, Sacred Architecture, Scholasticism, And Music -- [3] The Language Of Mythology : On Medieval Grammar And Hermeneutics -- [4] Dante's Liber Occultorum And The Structure Of Allegory In The Commedia -- [5] The Origin Of Language Reconsidered : Chaucer's House Of Fame -- [6] Problems Of Misreading: The Prologue To The Legend Of Good Women -- [7] I Nterpreting The Naked Text In The General Prologue To The Canterbury Tales -- [8] Retrospect: On Historical Change -- Bibliography -- Index Jesse M. Gellrich. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 257-285. In English.