European literature and the Latin Middle Ages

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION TO THE 2013 EDITION; TRANSLATOR'S NOTE; NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT; AUTHOR'S FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION; GUIDING PRINCIPLES; 1: European Literature; 2: The Latin Middle Ages; 1. DANTE AND THE ANTIQUE POETS; 2. ANTIQUE AND MODERN WORLDS; 3. THE MIDDLE AGES; 4. THE LATIN MIDDLE AGES; 5. ROMANIA; 3: Literature and Education; 1. THE LIBERAL ARTS; 2. THE CONCEPT OF THE Artes IN THE MIDDLE AGES; 3. GRAMMAR; 4. ANGLO-SAXON AND CAROLINGIAN STUDIES; 5. CURRICULUM AUTHORS; 6. THE UNIVERSITIES; 7. Sententiae AND Exempla; 4: Rhetoric.

1. POSITION OF RHETORIC2. RHETORIC IN ANTIQUITY; 3. SYSTEM OF ANTIQUE RHETORIC; 4. LATE ROMAN ANTIQUITY; 5. JEROME; 6. AUGUSTINE; 7· CASSIODORUS AND ISIDORE; 8. Ars dictaminis; 9. WIBALD OF CORVEY AND JOHN OF SALISBURY; 10. RHETORIC, PAINTING, MUSIC; 5: Topics; 1. TOPICS OF CONSOLATORY ORATORY; 2. HISTORICAL TOPICS; 3. AFFECTED MODESTY; 4. TOPICS OF THE EXORDIUM; 5. TOPICS OF THE CONCLUSION; 6. INVOCATION OF NATURE; 7. THE WORLD UPSIDE-DOWN; 8. BOY AND OLD MAN; 9. OLD WOMAN AND GIRL; 6: The Goddess Natura; 1. FROM OVID TO CLAUDIAN; 2. BERNARD SILVESTRIS; 3. SODOMY; 4. ALAN OF LILLE.

5. EROS AND MORALITY6. THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE; 7: Metaphorics; 1. NAUTICAL METAPHORS; 2. PERSONAL METAPHORS; 3. ALIMENTARY METAPHORS; 4. CORPORAL METAPHORS; 5. THEATRICAL METAPHORS; 8: Poetry and Rhetoric; 1. ANTIQUE POETICS; 2. POETRY AND PROSE; 3. SYSTEM OF MEDIEVAL STYLES; 4. JUDICIAL, POLITICAL, AND PANEGYRICAL ORATORY IN MEDIEVAL POETRY; 5. INEXPRESSIBILITY TOPOI; 6. OUTDOING; 7. EULOGY OF CONTEMPORARIES; 9: Heroes and Rulers; 1. HEROISM; 2. HOMERIC HEROES; 3. VIRGIL; 4· LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES; 5. PRAISE OF RULERS; 6. ARMS AND STUDIES; 7. NOBILITY OF SOUL; 8. BEAUTY.

10: The Ideal Landscape1. EXOTIC FAUNA AND FLORA; 2. GREEK POETRY; 3. VIRGIL; 4. RHETORICAL OCCASIONS FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF NATURE; 5. THE GROVE; 6. THE PLEASANCE; 7. EPIC LANDSCAPE; 11: Poetry and Philosophy; 1. HOMER AND ALLEGORY; 2. POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY; 3. PHILOSOPHY IN LATE PAGAN ANTIQUITY; 4. PHILOSOPHY AND CHRISTIANITY; 12: Poetry and Theology; 1. DANTE AND GIOVANNI DEL VIRGILIO; 2. ALBERTINO MUSSATO; 3. DANTE'S SELF-EXEGESIS; 4. PETRARCH AND BOCCACCIO; 13: The Muses; 14: Classicism; 1. GENRES, AND CATALOGUES OF AUTHORS; 2. THE ""ANCIENTS"" AND THE ""MODERNS""

3. CANON FORMATION IN THE CHURCH4. MEDIEVAL CANON; 5. MODERN CANON FORMATION; 15: Mannerism; 1. CLASSICISM AND MANNERISM; 2. RHETORIC AND MANNERISM; 3. FORMAL MANNERISMS; 4. RECAPITULATION; 5. EPIGRAM AND THE STYLE OF pointes; 6. BALTASAR GRACIÁN; 16: The Book as Symbol; 1. GOETHE ON TROPES; 2. GREECE; 3. ROME; 4. THE BIBLE; 5. EARLY MIDDLE AGES; 6. HIGH MIDDLE AGES; 7. THE BOOK OF NATURE; 8. DANTE; 9. SHAKESPEARE; 10. WEST AND EAST; 17: Dante; 1. DANTE AS A CLASSIC; 2. DANTE AND LATINITY; 3· THE Commedia AND THE LITERARY GENRES; 4. EXEMPLARY FIGURES IN THE Commedia.