Speculative Grammar and Stoic Language Theory in Medieval Allegorical Narrative: From Prudentius to Alan of Lille (Studies in Medieval History & Culture)

by JeffreyBardzell (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $163.85

  In his Plaint of Nature (De planctu Naturae) , Alan of Lille bases much of his argument against sin in general and homosexuality in particular on the claim that both amount to bad grammar. This book explores the philosophical uses of grammar that were so formative of Alan's thinking in major writers of the preceding generations.