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Speculative Grammar and Stoic Language Theory in Medieval Allegorical Narrative
From Prudentius to Alan of Lille
Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
In his Plaint of Nature (De planctu Naturae), Alan of Lille bases much of his argument against sin in general and homosexuality in particular on the claim that both amount to bad grammar. The book explores the philosophical uses of grammar that were so formative of Alan’s thinking in major writers...
Published October 13th 2008 by Routledge