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Starting with sections on the rich array of materials found within the study of grammar and the formal ‘arts’ of poetry, letter-writing and preaching, it proceeds to offer a full description of the Latin commentary tradition on classical and classicising literature, followed by explanations of medieval views on literary imagination and memory, and the ways in which certain texts were believed to achieve moral profit through pleasure. The remainder of the volume, and its largest part, is taken up with accounts of the diverse theoretical and critical traditions which developed in the vernacular languages, ranging from Medieval Irish to Old Norse, Occitan to Middle High German. Since many of the most significant developments occurred in Italy, a series of chapters is devoted to the contributions made by Dante and the commentators on his Commedia, the debates on Latin versus vernacular, and humanist views on poetry and prose. Finally the volume moves from the Latin West to Greek Byzantium, to review the attitudes held there concerning literature and its various uses.  \nThe Cambridge History of  \nLiterary Criticism  \nfounding edit or s  \nProfessor H. B. Nisbet  \nUniversity of Cambridge  \nProfessor Claude Rawson  \nYale University  \nThe Cambridge History of Literary Criticism provides a comprehensive historical account of Western literary criticism from classical Antiquity to the present day, dealing with both literary theory and critical practice. The History is intended as an authoritative work of reference and exposition, but more than a mere chronicle of facts.  \nWhile remaining broadly non-partisan it will, where appropriate, address controversial issues of current critical debate without evasion or false pretences of neutrality. Each volume is a self-contained unit designed to be used independently as well as in conjunction with the others in the series. Substantial bibliographical material in each volume provides a foundation for further study of the subjects in question.  \nv olumes published  \nVolume 1: Classical Criticism, edited by George A. Kennedy Volume 2: The Middle Ages, edited by Alastair Minnis and Ian Johnson Volume 3: The Renaissance, edited by Glyn P. Norton Volume 4: The Eighteenth Century, edited by H. B. Nisbet and Claude Rawson Volume 5: Romanticism, edited by Marshall Brown Volume 7: Modernism and the New Criticism, edited by A. Walton Litz, Louis Menand and Lawrence Rainey Volume 8: From Formalism to Post-Structuralism, edited by Raman Selden Volume 9: Twentieth-Century Historical, Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives, edited by Christa Knellwolf and Christopher Norris  \nv olumes in preparation  \nVolume 6: The Nineteenth Century, edited by M. A. R. Habib  \nThe Cambridge History of Literary Criticism  \nVOLUME 2  \nThe Middle Ages  \nEdited by  \nAlastair Min nis an d Ian Johnson  \ncambridge univer sity press  \nCambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, So Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 2ru, UK  \nPublished in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York  \n[www.cambridge.org](www.cambridge.org)  \nInformation on this [title: www.cambridge.org/9780521300070](title: www.cambridge.org/9780521300070)  \n Cambridge University Press 2005  \nThis book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.  \nFirst published 2005  \nPrinted in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publicati","cbCaicNP0vlwj333","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicNP0vlwj333","pdf",3782668,882,"English","# Contents\n## Introduction\n## Grammatica and literary theory\n## The arts of poetry and prose\n## The arts of letter-writing\n## The arts of preaching\n## From late Antiquity to the twelfth century\n## From the twelfth century to c. 1450\n## Medieval imagination and memory\n## The profits of pleasure\n## Medieval Irish literary theory and criticism\n## Anglo-Saxon textual attitudes\n## Literary theory and practice in early-medieval Germany\n## Literary criticism in Welsh before c. 1300\n## Criticism and literary theory in Old Norse-Icelandic\n## Latin commentary tradition and vernacular literature\n## Vernacular literary consciousness c. 1100–c. 1500","[{\"question\":\"What is the focus of Volume 2 in the series?\",\"answer\":\"Volume 2 focuses on the Middle Ages, covering major medieval literary theory and critical traditions across Latin and European vernacular languages, including Byzantine Greek perspectives.\"},{\"question\":\"Which traditions and topics does the volume describe?\",\"answer\":\"It describes Latin commentary traditions, medieval views on imagination and memory, and how texts were believed to yield moral benefits through pleasure, followed by surveys of diverse vernacular critical traditions.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the volume address debates and key medieval authors?\",\"answer\":\"It includes chapters devoted to contributions by Dante and commentators on his Commedia, and it covers debates on Latin versus vernacular as well as humanist views on poetry and prose before moving to Greek Byzantium.\"}]","The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism - Volume 2 - The Middle Ages | PDF",1789986660,1358]