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Speculative Grammar and Stoic Language Theory in Medieval Allegorical Narrative: From Prudentius to Alan of Lille book cover

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Speculative Grammar and Stoic Language Theory in Medieval Allegorical Narrative From Prudentius to Alan of Lille

By Jeffrey Bardzell Copyright 2009
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge
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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 of the preceding generations, including Garland the Computist, St. Anselm, and Peter Abelard. Many... Read more

Introduction  Chapter 1: Stoic Linguistic, Cosmological, and Ethical Doctrine as Precursor to Medieval Allegory  Chapter 2: Language and Abstraction in Prudentian Allegory  Chapter 3: The Presence of Stoicism in Eleventh and Twelfth Century Language Theory  Chapter 4: Alan of Lille’s Plaint of Nature and the Grammar of Cosmic Bonding  Conclusion

Biography

Jeffrey Bardzell is an Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction Design in the School of Informatics at Indiana University. He completed a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, focusing on medieval literature and philosophy as well as literary theory. In his current work, he is bridging literary and critical theory with interaction design.

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