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Tropologies : Ethics and Invention in England, c.1350-1600 /

"Tropologies is the first book-length study to elaborate the medieval and early modern theory of the tropological, or moral, sense of scripture. Ryan McDermott argues that tropology is not only a way to interpret the Bible but also a theory of literary and ethical invention. The "tropologi...

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Autor principal: McDermott, Ryan, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; TROPOLOGIES; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1 Tropological Theory ; 2 How to Invent History: Patience, the Glossa ordinaria, and the Ethics of the Literal Sense ; 3 "Beatus qui verba vertit in opera": Langland's Ethical Invention.
  • 4 Practices of Satisfaction and Piers Plowman's Dynamic Middle 5 Tropology Reformed: Scripture, Salvation, Drama ; 6 Mirror of Scripture: Ethics and Anagogy in the York Doomsday Pageant ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index.