Book Of The Incipit: Beginnings in the Fourteenth Century - D. Vance Smith - Books - University of Minnesota Press - 9780816637607 - May 1, 2001
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Book Of The Incipit: Beginnings in the Fourteenth Century


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A mostly theoretical and philosophical examination of the concept of beginnings in medieval literature, notably in Piers Plowman, as well as grammar, rhetoric, physics, theology and genealogy. Smith focuses on the ways in which texts begin and how the initiative of beginning, heralded as a call for action, is maintained.


320 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released May 1, 2001
ISBN13 9780816637607
Publishers University of Minnesota Press
Pages 320
Dimensions 161 × 238 × 25 mm   ·   548 g

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