TY - BOOK ID - 19324744 TI - Medieval theory of authorship: scholastic literary attitudes in the later middle ages PY - 2010 SN - 0812212576 0812205707 128389663X 9780812212570 PB - Philadelphia, Pa University of Pennsylvania Press DB - UniCat KW - Scholasticism. KW - Scolastique KW - Théorie, etc KW - Théorie, etc KW - History of Europe KW - Literature KW - anno 1100-1199 KW - anno 1300-1399 KW - anno 1200-1299 KW - Literature, Medieval KW - Authorship KW - Philosophy, Medieval. KW - Criticism KW - Littérature médiévale KW - Littérature KW - Art d'écrire KW - Philosophie médiévale KW - Critique KW - History and criticism KW - Theory, etc. KW - Philosophy. KW - History. KW - Histoire et critique KW - Philosophie KW - Histoire KW - Literature and philosophy KW - Philosophy and literature KW - Medieval philosophy KW - Scholasticism KW - Evaluation of literature KW - Literary criticism KW - Rhetoric KW - Aesthetics KW - Theology, Scholastic KW - Philosophy KW - Philosophy, Medieval KW - Theory KW - Technique KW - Evaluation KW - Literature. KW - Medieval and Renaissance Studies. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19324744 AB - It has often been held that scholasticism destroyed the literary theory that was emerging during the twelfth-century Renaissance, and hence discussion of late medieval literary works has tended to derive its critical vocabulary from modern, not medieval, theory. In Medieval Theory of Authorship, now reissued with a new preface by the author, Alastair Minnis asks, "Is it not better to search again for a conceptual equipment which is at once historically valid and theoretically illuminating?"Minnis has found such writings in the glosses and commentaries on the authoritative Latin writers studied in schools and universities between 1100 and 1400. The prologues to these commentaries provide valuable insight into the medieval theory of authorship. Of special significance is scriptural exegesis, for medieval scholars found the Bible the most difficult text to describe appropriately and accurately. ER -