Polemic: Language as Violence in Medieval and Early Modern Discourse

By George Southcombe and Almut Suerbaum

Book Overview

Taking a broad European approach, this collection brings together specialists on medieval and early modern culture in order to challenge assumptions that medieval culture was homogenous and characterized by consensus, and that literary discourse is by nature 'eirenic'. The volume more clearly shows continuities and discontinuities and provides a mo

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032922931
• ISBN13: 9781032922935
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"