Johannes de Hauvilla: Architrenius

by Johannes de Hauvilla

Book Overview

Architrenius is a vivacious and influential Latin satirical poem dating from 1184. It describes the journey of a young man (the Arch-Weeper) on the threshold of maturity, confronting the ills of the church, court, and schools of late twelfth-century Europe. The directness with which the poem engages social, psychological, and sexual problems anticipates the work of great vernacular writers such as Chaucer. Winthrop Wetherbee's prose translation is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521405432
• ISBN13: 9780521405430
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.8"