| European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages Revised Edition Contributor(s): Curtius, Ernst Robert (Author), Burrow, Colin (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0691157006 ISBN-13: 9780691157009 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $39.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Literary Criticism | European - General - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 809.02 |
| Series: Bollingen |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (1.76 lbs) 696 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Published just after the Second World War, European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages is a sweeping exploration of the remarkable continuity of European literature across time and place, from the classical era up to the early nineteenth century, and from the Italian peninsula to the British Isles. In what T. S. Eliot called a magnificent book, Ernst Robert Curtius establishes medieval Latin literature as the vital transition between the literature of antiquity and the vernacular literatures of later centuries. The result is nothing less than a masterful synthesis of European literature from Homer to Goethe. European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages is a monumental work of literary scholarship. In a new introduction, Colin Burrow provides critical insights into Curtius's life and ideas and highlights the distinctive importance of this wonderful book. |