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Alan of Lille's grammar of sex: the meaning of grammar to a twelfth-century intellectual
Jan Ziolkowski
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments (page ix)
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List of Abbreviations (page xi)
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INTRODUCTION (page 1)
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1. Grammatical Metaphors and Medieval Attitudes toward Grammar (page 1)
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2. Alan of Lille and His Writings (page 6)
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I GRAMMAR IN THE WORLD OF ALAN'S METAPHORS (page 13)
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1. The Dreamer's Grammatical Lament (page 13)
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2. The Metrics of Love (page 22)
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3. The Grammar of Hammers and Anvils (page 27)
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4. Grammatical Metaphors in Cosmology and Mythology (page 31)
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5. The Ethical Implications of the Mythical Grammar (page 39)
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II GRAMMATICAL TERMS IN LATIN LITERATURE (page 51)
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1. Classical Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (page 51)
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2. The Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries (page 60)
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3. Technical Poetry (page 71)
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III GRAMMAR IN THE TWELFTH-CENTURY CURRICULUM (page 77)
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1. The Place of Grammar in the Curriculum (page 77)
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2. The Function of Grammar in the Curriculum (page 89)
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3. Ethical Grammar (page 95)
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4. Natural Grammar (page 104)
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IV THEOLOGY AND THE LIMITATIONS OF GRAMMAR (page 109)
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1. The Christian Ambivalence toward Grammar (page 109)
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2. The Grammar of Theological Discourse (page 117)
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3. The Dethronement and Restoration of Grammar (page 130)
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Conclusion (page 141)
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Bibliography of Works Cited (page 145)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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SP | 63.4 (Oct. 1988): 1015-1016 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2853603 |
MLR | 83.3 (Jul. 1988): 655-656 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3731297 |
Citable Link
Published: 1985
Publisher: Medieval Academy of America
- 9780910956857 (hardcover)
- 9780910956864 (paper)