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This book investigates how people learned to read in the Middle Ages. It uses glosses--medieval teachers' notes--on classical Latin texts to show how these complex works were used in a very basic and literal way in the classroom, and argues that this has profound implications for our understanding of medieval literacy and hermeneutics. Suzanne Reynolds discusses issues including the relationship of Latin and vernacular languages, the role of classical texts in medieval culture, ideas of allegory in the Middle Ages, and medieval literary theory. Review "Linguists will find much of value in [Reynolds's] close examination of these grammatical practices, while literary historians will at least find new support for some established ideas in this book's final chapters." Robert S. Sturges, Arthuriana "Medieval Reading is a treasure of a book. It is so well executed, in every regard..." Ralph Hexter, Modern Philology Book Description This book investigates how people learnt to read in the middle ages. It uses glosses SH medieval teachers' notes SH on classical Latin texts to show how these complex works were used in a very basic and literal way in the classroom, and argues that this has

Who reads Medieval Reading: Grammar, Rhetoric and the Classical Text (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, Series Number 27)?

Author

Suzanne Reynolds

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521604529

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Language Learning, Poetry, Literary Fiction