In the Middle Ages, Boethius' "Consolatio Philosophiae" is one of the most influential philosophical works from Late Antiquity. It was frequently commented on and translated. This collected volume examines the commentaries and translations of the famous text from a European perspective and thus paves the way for interdisciplinary research into the medieval reception of Boethius' work. The volume contains chapters by linguists and literary scholars from a variety of disciplines, together with historians and philosophers.
In the Middle Ages, Boethius' "Consolatio Philosophiae" is one of the most influential philosophical works from Late Antiquity. It was frequently c...
Das Phanomen der Intertextualitat in der Fruhen Neuzeit - und damit auch in der neulateinischen Dichtung - ist Literaturwissenschaftlern seit langerer Zeit vertraut. Gleichwohl fehlte es bislang an Studien, die sich in historischem oder systematischem Zugriff mit speziellen Verfahren der Adaptation von Einzeltexten oder Textklassen auseinandersetzen. Auf der Grundlage neuerer texttypologischer und funktionsgeschichtlicher Forschungsansatze wird jetzt erstmals eine Sequenz von Fallstudien zur Verwendung intertextueller Schreibstrategien wie Parodie, Kontrafaktur oder Cento in der...
Das Phanomen der Intertextualitat in der Fruhen Neuzeit - und damit auch in der neulateinischen Dichtung - ist Literaturwissenschaftlern seit lange...
Since its founding, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Volume 41 is a special issue which showcases twelve articles featured at the International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language and Literature.
Since its founding, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to...
This collection of articles is an innovative contribution to religious studies, because it picks up concepts developed in the wake of the so-called "spatial turn." Religions are always located in a certain cultural and spatial environment, but often tend to locate (or translocate) themselves beyond that original setting. Also, many religious traditions are not only tied to or associated with the area its respective adherent live in, but are in fact "bi-local" or even "multi-local," as they closely relate to various spatial centers or plains at once. This spatial diversity inherent to many...
This collection of articles is an innovative contribution to religious studies, because it picks up concepts developed in the wake of the so-called "s...
