The Passion of St. Lawrence, Epigrams and Marginal Poems

Herausgeber: Ziolkowski, Jan M

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Nigel of Canterbury is known for his "Speculum Stultorum" and "Tractatus," This edition brings into print the "Passio Sancti Laurentii martiris"; epigrams; and marginal poems. It opens with a general introduction on Nigel's writings, life at Canterbury, and verse, and includes detailed commentaries. The book enriches our perspective upon Nigel and upon Canterbury after the death of Becket.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill / Brill NV
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 162mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9789004088658
• ISBN-10: 9004088652
• Artikelnr.: 21684539

Autorenporträt

Jan Ziolkowski received his A.B., summa cum laude, from Princeton University (as a National Merit Scholar), and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (as a Marshall Scholar). After a year as a Dumbarton Oaks and American Academy Fellow in Rome, he moved to Harvard University, where he is Professor of Medieval Latin and of Comparative Literature. A recent holder of John Simon Guggenheim and American Council for Learned Societies Fellowships, he has published a book on Alan of Lille and an edition of Nigel of Canterbury's Miracles of the Virgin Mary. A book entitled Jezebel: A Norman Latin Poem of the Early Eleventh Century is in press, and a book on Medieval Latin Beast Poetry is in progress.