Platonism and Poetry in the Twelfth Century: The Literary Influence of the School of Chartres

by Winthrop Wetherbee

Book Overview

Chartres as an intellectual and cultural force in the Renaissance of the twelfth century has engaged the attention of critics and scholars from R. L. Poole through Gilson, Curtius, and Huizinga to, most recently, Peter Dronke. Its importance as a poetic tradition is now reviewed by Winthrop Wetherbee, first as it developed at Chartres, then as it influenced later poetry, French as well as Latin. Mr. Wetherbee analyzes, and supports with his own...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691619905
• ISBN13: 9780691619903
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"