The Conspiracy of Allusion: Description, Rewriting, and Authorship from Macrobius to Medieval Romance / / Douglas Kelly.

Chrétien de Troyes's reference to Macrobius on the art of description is indicative of the link between the vernacular literary tradition of rewriting and the Latin tradition of imitation. Crucial to this study are writings that bridge the span between elementary school exercises in imitation a...

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Superior document:Studies in the History of Christian Traditions ; 97
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : Brill,, 1999.
Year of Publication:1999
Language:English
Series:Studies in the History of Christian Traditions ; 97.
Studies in the History of Christian Traditions Online.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Douglas Kelly
  • Preface / D.K.
  • Introduction / Douglas Kelly
  • Chapter One Macrobius in the Middle Ages / Douglas Kelly
  • Chapter Two Macrobius on the Art and Modes of Description / Douglas Kelly
  • Chapter Three Bridges in and Between the Medieval Latin and Vernacular Traditions / Douglas Kelly
  • Chapter Four Troy in Latin and French Joseph of Exeter's Ylias and Benoît de Sainte-Maure's Roman de Troie / Douglas Kelly
  • Chapter Five The Issue and Topics of Consent in Eneas, Erec , and the Bel Inconnu / Douglas Kelly
  • Chapter Six New Modes of Description in Romance Narrative / Douglas Kelly
  • Conclusion / Douglas Kelly
  • Bibliography / Douglas Kelly
  • Index of Titles / Douglas Kelly
  • Index of Names / Douglas Kelly
  • Index of Places / Douglas Kelly
  • Index of Subjects / Douglas Kelly
  • Studies in the History of Christian Thought / Editor: Heiko A. Oberman.