Description
Clever, integrated, and convincing. Rethinking the Medieval Senses is a gate into the medieval culture at large-from literature to theology-into the history of the occidental body, into the complexity of the human condition. -- Bernard Cerquiglini, Louisiana State University
About the Author
Stephen G. Nichols is James M. Beall Professor of French and Humanities at the Johns Hopkins University, author of Romanesque Signs: Early Medieval Narrative and Iconography, and editor of The New Philology. Andreas Kablitz is a professor of Romance Philology and head of the Romanisches Seminar of the Philosophische Fakultat of the Universitat zu Koln. Alison Calhoun is currently pursuing her doctorate in French Literature at the Johns Hopkins University and in 2006-2007 was the Louis Marin Fellow at the Ecole Normale Superieure (Ulm) in Paris.
Reviews
Rethinking the Medieval Senses is a major contribution to our understanding of a fundamental aspect of medieval culture. It is throught-provoking and informative. -- Virginie Greene Clio The collection of essays edited by Nichols et al. is the fruit of cooperation between historians and literary scholars (mainly in the Romance languages) at American and European universities. -- Richard G. Newhauser Senses and Society 2009
Book Information
ISBN 9780801887369
Author Stephen G. Nichols
Format Hardback
Page Count 344
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 567g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 27mm