Francesco Stella, Lucie Doležalová et Danuta Shanzer (éd.), Latin Literatures of Medieval and Early Modern Times in Europe and Beyond, Amsterdam-Philadelphoe, 2024.
Éditeur : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Collection : Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages, 34
xviii-706 pages
ISBN : 9789027214478
218 €
A global phenomenon including both Europe and extra-European regions. It serves as an introduction to medieval Latin's complex and multi-layered culture, whose attraction has been underestimated until now. Traditional overviews mostly flatten specificities, yet in many countries medieval Latin literature is still studied with reference to the local history. Thus the first section presents 20 regional surveys, including chapters on authors and works of Latin Literature in Eastern, Central and Northern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas. Subsequent chapters highlight shared patterns of circulation, adaptation, and exchange, and underline the appeal of medieval intermediality, as evidenced in manuscripts, maps, scientific treatises and iconotexts, and its performativity in narrations, theatre, sermons and music. The last section deals with literary “interfaces,” that is motifs or characters that exemplify the double-sided or the long-term transformations of medieval Latin mythologemes in vernacular culture, both early modern and modern, such as the legends about King Arthur, Faust, and Hamlet.
Source : John Benjamins Publishing Company
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