Speaking Two Languages: Traditional Disciplines and Contemporary Theory in Medieval Studies (SUNY series in Medieval Studies)

Frantzen, Allen J.

ISBN 10: 0791405052 / ISBN 13: 9780791405055

Published by State University of New York Press, 1991

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Speaking Two Languages: Traditional Disciplines and Contemporary Theory in Medieval Studies (SUNY series in Medieval Studies)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791405052
• ISBN 13: 9780791405055
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This book is designed for the medievalist interested in contemporary criticism but cautious about its limits. The volume's essays are not designed to offer rereadings of familiar texts, but to address the problems of articulating tradition and contemporary theory. Each contributor interprets critical methods as consciously chosen and spoken "languages," and explores the consequences of combining a traditional and a contemporary method, and hence, speaking two languages. Each essay includes a critical bibliographical note pointing to further reading in the languages it employs.

About the Author

Allen J. Frantzen is Professor of English at Loyola University of Chicago. He is the author of The Literature of Penance in Anglo-Saxon England; King Alfred; and The Desire for Origins: New Language, Old English, and Teaching the Tradition.