European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages Updated Edition |
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| Author:
| Curtius, Ernst Robert |
| Translator:
| Trask, Willard R. |
| Epilogue by:
| Godman, Peter |
| Series title: | Bollingen Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-01899-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1991 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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In this "magnificent book" (T. S. Eliot), Ernst Robert Curtius (1886-1956), one of the foremost literary scholars of this century, examines the continuity of European literature from Homer to Goethe, with particular emphasis on the Latin Middle Ages. In an extensive new epilogue, drawing on hitherto unpublished material, Peter Godman analyzes the intellectual and political context and character of Curtius's ideas.
In this "magnificent book" (T. S. Eliot), Ernst Robert Curtius (1886-1956), one of the foremost literary scholars of this century, examines the continuity of European literature from Homer to Goethe, with particular emphasis on the Latin Middle Ages. In an extensive new epilogue, drawing on hitherto unpublished material, Peter Godman analyzes the intellectual and political context and character of Curtius's ideas.