European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages (Bollingen Series XXXVI) - Softcover

Ernst Robert Curtius

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691018995 ISBN 13: 9780691018997

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1991

Synopsis

In this "magnificent book" (T. S. Eliot), Ernst Robert Curtius (1886-1956), one of the foremost literary scholars of this century, examines the continuity of European literature from Homer to Goethe, with particular emphasis on the Latin Middle Ages. In an extensive new epilogue, drawing on hitherto unpublished material, Peter Godman analyzes the intellectual and political context and character of Curtius's ideas.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Curtius's book, despite its age, remains vital for anyone interested in the fate of the classics in Western Europe. European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages is at once a great resource and a model of how to think about literature and tradition. It is wonderful to have it readily available again."--Anthony Grafton, Princeton University

About the Author:

Ernst Robert Curtius held the chair of romance literature and language at Bonn University from 1929 until his retirement in 1951. Colin Burrow is a fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford. He is the author of Epic Romance: Homer to Milton.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0691018995
• ISBN 13: 9780691018997
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 736