Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-229) and indexes.
Introduction -- Part I. Contents for reading: Learning to read : the classics and the curriculum ; Reading and the trivium arts -- Part II. Reading Practice: Origins and mythologies : the invention of language and meaning ; Reading word by word (1) : the role of the vernacular ; Reading word by word (2) : grammatical and rhetorical approaches ; From words to the phrase : the problem of syntax ; Government : the theory and practice of a grammatical concept ; Rival orders of syntax: vernacular, natural and artificial ; From the phrase to the text: grammatical and rhetorical approaches again ; Naked intention : satire and a new kind of literal reading.
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This book argues for a radically new approach to the history of reading and literacy in the Middle Ages. It investigates the use of complex literary texts as the basis of elementary instruction in the Latin language and, using medieval teachers' notes (glosses) on a classical text (Horace's Satires) and a selection of other unpublished manuscript materials, it demonstrates that the reading of classical literature was profoundly shaped by the demands of acquiring Latin literacy through the arts of grammar and rhetoric. The resolutely literal readings of Latin texts found in these educational and institutional contexts call for a reassessment of the relationship of Latin and vernacular discourses in medieval culture, and of some central notions in medieval hermeneutics, notably allegory and authorial intention.
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Books and reading-- Europe-- History-- To 1500.
Education, Medieval.
Latin literature-- Appreciation-- Europe.
Latin philology-- Study and teaching-- Europe-- History-- To 1500.
Learning and scholarship-- History-- Medieval, 500-1500.
Literacy-- Europe-- History-- To 1500.
Literature, Medieval-- Roman influences.
Middle Ages.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Learning and scholarship-- History-- Medieval, 500-1500.
Latin language-- Grammar-- Study and teaching-- History.