| Mervelous Signals: Poetics and Sign Theory in the Middle Ages Revised Edition Contributor(s): Vance, Eugene (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803296088 ISBN-13: 9780803296084 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1989 Annotation: "" The investigation of language, of how (and what and why) signifiers signify, is prominent in modern critical work, but the questions being asked are by no means new. In "Mervelous Signals," Eugene Vance asserts that "there is scarcely a term, practice, or concept in contemporary theory that does not have some rich antecedent in medieval thought." He goes on to illustrate the complexity and depth of medieval speculations about language and literature.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 809.102 |
| LCCN: 85021013 |
| Lexile Measure: 1560 |
| Series: Regents Studies in Medieval Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6" W x 9" (1.24 lbs) 365 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The investigation of language, of how (and what and why) signifiers signify, is prominent in modern critical work, but the questions being asked are by no means new. In Mervelous Signals, Eugene Vance asserts that there is scarcely a term, practice, or concept in contemporary theory that does not have some rich antecedent in medieval thought. He goes on to illustrate the complexity and depth of medieval speculations about language and literature. Vance's study of the link between the poetics and semiotics of the Middle Ages takes both a critical and a historical view as he brings today's insights to bear on the contemporary perspectives of such works as St. Augustine's Confessions, the Chanson de Roland, Chr tien's Yvain, Aucassin and Nicolette, Spenser's The Faerie Queen, and certain aspects of the works of Dante and Chaucer and of French medieval theater. |