"This is a substantial and readable volume, and it is supplied with a rich array of documentation in the notes and bibliography. It deals with a question of critical importance for current research on medieval `literature': namely, the relationship between this literature and us...This is an important collection, and one may congratulate the editors of their ambitious undertaking."--Paul Zumthor, 'Speculum.'

About the Author
Marina S. Brownlee is the Class of 1963 College of Women Professor of Romance Languages, Kevin Brownlee is professor of Romance languages, and Stephen G.Nichols is Edmund J. Kahn Professor of Humanities in the Department of Romance Languages, at the University of Pennsylvania

Reviews
This is a substantial and readable volume, and it is supplied with a rich array of documentation in the notes and bibliography. It deals with a question of critical importance for current research on medieval 'literature': namely, the relationship between this literature and us. -- Paul Zumthor Speculum This is a substantial and readable volume, and it is supplied with a rich array of documentation in the notes and bibliography. It deals with a question of critical importance for current research on medieval 'literature': namely, the relationship between this literature and us... This is an important collection, and one may congratulate the editors of their ambitious undertaking. -- Paul Zumthor Speculum



Book Information
ISBN 9780801841729
Author Marina S. Brownlee
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 510g