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This volume treats aspects of speaking in the Middle Ages, as evident in historical documents and literary texts. The volume is divided into two parts. In the first part, the general role of speaking in society and literature is discussed. In the second part, closer analysis of how literary characters actually speak is offered. The essays offer both analysis of lesser known texts and new insight into several classical works within several European literary traditions. These essays will interest scholars of linguistics, particularly sociolinguistics, and medieval literature and culture.
Contributors include: Lourdes Albuixech, Laurel Broughton, Albrecht Classen, Jean E. Godsall-Myers, Carol Harvey, Bettina Lindorfer, Andrea Schutz, and Thomas Shippey.
Contributors include: Lourdes Albuixech, Laurel Broughton, Albrecht Classen, Jean E. Godsall-Myers, Carol Harvey, Bettina Lindorfer, Andrea Schutz, and Thomas Shippey.
Price: $168.00
Pages: 208
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions: Medieval and Early Modern Peoples
Publication Date:
10 April 2003
ISBN: 9789004129559
Format: Hardcover
'This valuable collections of essays examines the significance of the speech act in representative areas of medieval literature [...] The editor proposes to bring together the disciplines of linguistics and literature, and her introduction makes an important contribution to the application of sociolinguistics to literary analysis. [...] The volume makes a rich contribution to the important question of literary speech, which has implications for our understanding of literary craft, class, gender, linguistic consciousness, power, and modes of argument in medieval literature.' - Laurie Shepard, in: Sixteenth Century Journal, XXXVI/4 (2005)
Jean E. Godsall-Myers, Ph.D. (1981), Bryn Mawr College, is Associate Professor of Humanities at Widener University, where she teaches German and humanities courses. She has published on medieval literature, Anna Seghers, and modern German literature.