Gather Medieval Theory Of Authorship: Scholastic Literary Attitudes In The Later Middle Ages Illustrated By Alastair J. Minnis Accessible In Document

has often been held that scholasticism destroyed the literary theory that was emerging during the twelfthcentury Renaissance, and hence discussion of late medieval literary works has tended to derive its critical vocabulary from modern, not medieval, theory.
In Medieval Theory of Authorship, now reissued with a new preface by the

author, Alastair Minnis asks, "Is it not better to search again for a conceptual equipment which is at once historically valid and theoretically illuminating"

Minnis has found such writings in the glosses and commentaries on the authoritative Latin writers studied in schools and universities betweenand.
The prologues to these commentaries provide valuable insight into the medieval theory of authorship, Of special significance is scriptural exegesis, for medieval scholars found the Bible the most difficult text to describe appropriately and accurately, Alastair Minnis is the Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of English at Yale University, Characteristically, my research methodology brings together reading strategies from literary criticism and the history of ideas, and an interest in medieval philosophy and theology has informed much of my work.
My latest monograph is From Eden to Eternity: Creations of Paradise in the Later Middle Ages Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press,Alastair Minnis is the Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of English at Yale University.
"Characteristically, my research methodology brings together reading strategies from literary criticism and the history of ideas, and an interest in medieval philosophy and theology has informed much of my work.
My latest monograph is From Eden to Eternity: Creations of Paradise in the Later Middle Ages Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press," sitelink,