Medievalia et Humanistica, No. 37

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture: Literary Appropriations

Edited by Paul Maurice Clogan

Volume 37— Literary Appropriations—examines medieval literature in a different light. This volume features six original articles, focusing on the art of appropriation, as well as fourteen reviews of recent scholarly publications.

The first article “The Oldest Manuscript Witness of the First Life of Blessed Francis of Assisi” by Jacques Dalarun reveals the oldest known source of the writings of Francis of Assisi, until of late only found in an Italian church publication. Lisa Bansen-Harp’s essay “Ironic Patterning and Numerical Composition in the Vie de saint Alexis: Form and Effect/Affect” takes an ironic look at the oppositions used throughout the work to offer a rich analysis of patterns. Reexamining genealogy as spiritual rather than biological is Nicole Leapley’s essay “Rewriting Paternity: The Meaning of Renovating Westminster in La Esoire de seint Aedward le rei.” David Lummus’s essay “Boccaccio’s Three Venuses: On the Convergence of Celestial and Transgressive Love in the Genealogie Deorum Gentilium Libri” provides a comparative look of how love—celestial and transgressive—can be seen in the Decameron. “Dante’s Justinian, Cino’s Corpus: The Hermeneutics of Poetry and Law” by Lorenzo Valterza compares and contrasts Dante’s own view of law versus that of his friend Cino da Pistoia. Lastly, editor Paul Clogan contributes his own article “Dante’s Appropriation of Lucan’s Cato and Erichtho” to demonstrate the importance of Lucan’s characters in Dante’s own work Along with these articles, fourteen reviews, from the United States and all over the world, are included, truly making Medievalia et Humanistica an international publication.

To reflect the submissions and audience for Medievalia et Humanistica, the editorial and review boards include ten members from the United States and ten international members, making thisa truly international publication.

For submission guidelines, please contact Jin Yu at jyu@rowman.com.

Please submit books for review consideration to:

Attention: Reinhold F. Glei
Medievalia et Humanistica
Ruhr-University Bochum
Seminar fuer Klassische Philologie
D-44780 Bochum, Germany

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 160 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½

978-1-4422-1427-9 • Hardback • December 2011 • $162.00 • (£125.00)

978-1-4422-1428-6 • eBook • December 2011 • $153.50 • (£119.00)

Series: Medievalia et Humanistica Series

Subjects: Literary Criticism / Medieval, History / Europe / Medieval, History / Europe / Renaissance

Medievalia et Humanistica, No. 37

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture: Literary Appropriations

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Volume 37— Literary Appropriations—examines medieval literature in a different light. This volume features six original articles, focusing on the art of appropriation, as well as fourteen reviews of recent scholarly publications.

The first article “The Oldest Manuscript Witness of the First Life of Blessed Francis of Assisi” by Jacques Dalarun reveals the oldest known source of the writings of Francis of Assisi, until of late only found in an Italian church publication. Lisa Bansen-Harp’s essay “Ironic Patterning and Numerical Composition in the Vie de saint Alexis: Form and Effect/Affect” takes an ironic look at the oppositions used throughout the work to offer a rich analysis of patterns. Reexamining genealogy as spiritual rather than biological is Nicole Leapley’s essay “Rewriting Paternity: The Meaning of Renovating Westminster in La Esoire de seint Aedward le rei.” David Lummus’s essay “Boccaccio’s Three Venuses: On the Convergence of Celestial and Transgressive Love in the Genealogie Deorum Gentilium Libri” provides a comparative look of how love—celestial and transgressive—can be seen in the Decameron. “Dante’s Justinian, Cino’s Corpus: The Hermeneutics of Poetry and Law” by Lorenzo Valterza compares and contrasts Dante’s own view of law versus that of his friend Cino da Pistoia. Lastly, editor Paul Clogan contributes his own article “Dante’s Appropriation of Lucan’s Cato and Erichtho” to demonstrate the importance of Lucan’s characters in Dante’s own work Along with these articles, fourteen reviews, from the United States and all over the world, are included, truly making Medievalia et Humanistica an international publication.

To reflect the submissions and audience for Medievalia et Humanistica, the editorial and review boards include ten members from the United States and ten international members, making thisa truly international publication.

For submission guidelines, please contact Jin Yu at jyu@rowman.com.

Please submit books for review consideration to:

Attention: Reinhold F. Glei
Medievalia et Humanistica
Ruhr-University Bochum
Seminar fuer Klassische Philologie
D-44780 Bochum, Germany

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 160 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½

978-1-4422-1427-9 • Hardback • December 2011 • $162.00 • (£125.00)

978-1-4422-1428-6 • eBook • December 2011 • $153.50 • (£119.00)

Series: Medievalia et Humanistica Series

Subjects: Literary Criticism / Medieval, History / Europe / Medieval, History / Europe / Renaissance

Author

Paul Maurice Clogan is professor of English at the University of North Texas and a fellow of the American Academy in Rome. He is editor of The Medieval Archilleid of Statius and author of numerous articles on classical, medieval, and Renaissance literature.

Table of Contents

Editorial Note
Articles for Future Volumes
Preface

The Oldest Manuscript Witness of the First Life of Blessed Francis of Assisi
Jacques Dalarun

Form and Effect / Affect in the Vie de saint Alexis: Ironic Patterning and Numerical Composition
Lisa Bansen-Harp

Boccaccio’s Three Venuses: On the Convergence of Celestial and Transgressive Love in theGenealogie deorum gentilium
David Lummus

Dante’s Justinian, Cino's Corpus: The Hermeneutics of Poetry and LawLorenzo ValterzaDante’s Appropriate of Lucan’s CatoPaul M. CloganREVIEW NOTICES
Alberico di Montecassino, Brevarium de dictamine.
Ronald Witt

Anlezark, Daniel, ed. and trans. The Old English Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
Robert Boenig

Averroes (Ibn Rushd) of Cordoba, Long Commentary on the De Anima of Aristotle.
Translated with an introduction and notes by Richard C. Taylor, with Thérèse-Anne Druart, sub-editor. Yale Library of Medieval Philosophy.
Philip Neri Reese, O. P.

Bailey, Lisa K. Christianity’s Quiet Success: The Eusebius Gallicanus Sermon Collection and the Power of the Church in Late Antique Gaul
Charles Witke

Beechy, Tiffany, The Poetics of Old English,
Valeria di Clemente

Collins, David J., Reforming Saints: Saints’ Lives and Their Authors in Germany1470-1530.
Albrecht Classen

Ebbesen, Sten, Topics in Latin Philosophy from the 12th-14th Centuries: Collected Essays of Sten Ebbesen, Volume 2.
Justin Marie Brophy, O. P.

Fossier, Robert. The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages, Trans. Lydia G. Cochrane,
Teofilo Ruiz

Howard, Deborah and Moretti, Laura, Sound and Space in Renaissance Architecture, Music, Acoustics
Seth J. Coluzzi

Magennis, Hugh and Swan, Mary, eds. A Companion to Ælfric.
Robert Boenig

Oswald, Dana M., Monsters, Gender and Sexuality in Medieval English Literature, Gender in the Middle Ages 5
Maik Goth

Rasmussen, Ann Marie and Sarah Westphal-Wihl. Ladies, Whores, and Holy Women: A Source-book in Courtly Religious, and Urban Cultures of Late Medieval Germany
Albrecht Classen

Silver, Larry and Wyckoff, Elizabeth, eds. Grand Scale: Monumental Prints in the
Age of Dürer and Titian.
Jenny Spinks

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