Medieval Grammar and Rhetoric: Language Arts and Literary Theory, AD 300 -1475

Synopsis

Medieval Grammar And Rhetoric: Language Arts And Literary Theory, Ad 300-1475 Contributes To Two Fields, The History Of The Language Arts And The History Of Literary Theory. It Brings Together Essential Sources In The Disciplines Of Grammar And Rhetoric Which Were Used To Understand Literary Form And Language And Teach Literary Composition. Grammar And Rhetoric, The Language Disciplines, Formed The Basis Of Any Education From Antiquity Through The Middle Ages, No Matter What Future Career A Student Would Want To Pursue. Because Literature Was Also The Subject Matter Of Grammatical Teaching, And Because Rhetorical Teaching Gave Great Attention To Literary Form, These Were Also The Disciplines That Would Prepare Students For An Understanding Of Literary Language And Form. These Arts Constituted The Abiding Theoretical Toolbox For Anyone Engaged In A Life Of Letters. The Book Brings Together More Than Fifty Primary Texts From The Medieval History Of Grammar And Rhetoric, Well Over Half Of Them Never Translated Into English Before. The Volume Establishes The Ancient Traditions On Which The Medieval Arts Are Based, And Gives Substantial Selections From The Late Antique Source Texts. All Texts Are Presented In Their Historical And Theoretical Contexts, And Carefully Annotated In Order To Make Them Useful To Readers, Both Specialists And Non-specialists. For The First Time, The Long Traditions Of Grammar And Rhetoric Are Presented Together In One Historical Survey, Showing How They Related To Each Other, And Are Placed In A Coherent Conceptual Structure, Their Contributions To Literary Theory.--jacket. Pt. 1. Arts Of Language, Ad Ca. 300-ca. 950 -- Pt. 2. Dossiers On The Ablative Absolute And Etymology -- Pt. 3. Sciences And Curricula Of Language In The Twelfth Century -- Pt. 4. Pedagogies Of Grammar And Rhetoric, Ca. 1150-1280 -- Pt. 5. Professional, Civic, And Scholastic Approaches To The Language Arts, Ca. 1225-1272 -- Pt. 6. Receptions Of The Traditions: The Language Arts And Poetics In The Later Middle Ages, Ca. 1369-ca. 1475. De Litteris And De Syllabis, Ca. 300 / Terentianus Maurus -- Ars Minor, Ars Maior, Life Of Virgil, Ca 350 / Aelius Donatus -- Commentary On The De Inventione, Before 355 / Marius Victorinus -- Commenatry On The Aeneidm Ca, 400-420 / Servius -- Interpretationes Vergillianae, Ca. 400 / Tiberius Claudius Donatus -- De Nuptiis Philologiae Et Mercurii, Ca 420-490 / Marianus Capella -- Institutiones Grammaticae And Institutio De Nomine Pronomine Verbo, Ca. 520 -- De Topicis Differntiis, Book 4, Ca. 523 -- Boethius -- Expositio Psalmorum, Ca 540, And Institutiones, Ca. 562 / Cassiodorus -- Etymologiae, Ca. 625 / Isidore Of Seville -- Epistolae And Epitomae, Ca. 650 / Virgilius Maro -- De Arte Metrica And De Schematibus Et Tropis, Ca. 710 / Bede -- Ars Grammatica And Disputatio De Rhetorica Et De Virtutibus, Ca. 790-800 / Alcuin -- Glosses On Priscian By Remigius And His Followers (ninth And Tenth Centuries) -- Dossiers On The Ablative Absolute And Etymology. Introduction ; The Ablative Absolute Dossier ; Etymology Dossier -- Commentaries On Prisician, Ca. 1080 To Ca. 1150: Glosule, Note Dunelmenses, William Of Conches -- De Sancta Trinitate Et Operibus Eius, 1112-1116: Grammar And Rhetoric / Rupert Of Deutz -- Commentaries On The De Inventione And Rhetorica Ad Herennium, Ca. 1130-1140 / Thierry Of Chartres -- Prologue To The Heptateuchon; Prologues To Donatus, Ca. 1140 / Thierry Of Chartres -- Summa Super Priscianum, Ca. 1140- 1150 / Petrus Helias -- De Divisione Philosphiae, Ca. 1150-1160 / Dominicus Gundissalinus -- Metalogicon, 1159 / John Of Salisbury -- Grammatical Commentaries From The School Of Ralph Of Beauvais, Ca. 1165-1175 -- Anticlaudianus, Ca. 1182 / Alan Of Lille -- A List Of Textbooks (from Sacerdos Ad Altare), Ca. 1210 / Alexander Neckam. Prologues To Twelfth-century School Commentaries On Horaces' Ars Poetica, Ca. 1150 -- Ars Versifcatoria, Ca. 1175 -- Matthew Of Vendôme -- Doctrinale, 1199 / Alexander Of Villa Dei -- Graecismus, 1212 / Eberhard Of Béthune -- Poetria Nova, Ca. 1208-1213 / Geoffrey Of Vinsauf -- Ars Versificaria, Ca. 1215-1216 / Gervase Of Melkley -- Suma De Arte Praedicandi, Ca. 1220 / Thomas Of Chobham -- Parisiana Poetria, Ca. 1231-1235 / John Of Garland -- Registrum Multorum Auctorum, 1280 / Hugh Of Trimberg -- Tria Sunt (after 1256, Before 1400) -- Preface To The Rota Nova, Ca. 1125 / Guido Faba -- Bataille Des Vii Ars, Ca. 1230 / Henri D'andeli -- Commentary On The Barbarismus, Ca. 1250 / Attriubted To Robert Kilwardby -- Al-farabi's Didascalia On Aristotle's Rhetoric, 1256 / Hermannus Alemannus -- Rettorica, Ca. 1260 / Brunetto Latini -- Speculum Doctrinale, Ca. 1260 / Vincent Of Beauvais -- Preface To His Expositio Of Aristotle's Posterior Analystics, 1270 / Thomas Aquinas -- Commentary On Aristotle's Rhetoric, Ca. 1272 / Giles Of Rome -- Declaracio Oracionis De Beata Dorothea, Ca. 1369 / Nicolaus Dybinus -- Confessio Amantis, 1386-1390 / John Gower -- General Prologue To The Wycliffite Bible, Ca. 1395-1399 -- Fall Of Princes, 1431-1439 / John Lydgate -- A Middle English Treatise On The Seven Liberal Arts, Ca. 1475. Edited By Rita Copeland And Ineke Sluiter. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [874]-921) And Indexes. English Introductions And Annotations With Translations Into English Of Latin Sources.