Acts of Recognition: Essays on Medieval Culture

by Lee Patterson

Book Overview

This volume brings together Lee Patterson's essays published in various venues over the past twenty-seven years. As he observes in his preface, "The one persistent recognition that emerged from writing these otherwise quite disparate essays is that whatever the text . . . and whoever the people . . ., the values at issue remain central to contemporary life."

Two dialectics are at work in this book: that between the past and the present and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268038376
• ISBN13: 9780268038373
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"