‎Language‎

‎[REVUE]. CHORUS. « Déchiffrer le langage de la réalité quotidienne ».‎

‎CHORUS. N° 5-6. 3e trimestre 1970. « La Ville ».‎

‎Numéro conçu par Christian Boltanski. Arman, Jean Le Gac, Franck Venaille, Julien Montboron, etc. Texte inédit dHenri Calet. 1/80 sur Lafuma (non numéroté et sans la sérigraphie dArman). Très bon état.‎

‎/// CHORUS. « Déchiffrer le langage de la réalité quotidienne ». Paris XVe (57bis, avenue La Motte Picquet). Directeur : Pierre Tilman. Rédacteur en chef : Franck Venaille. In-8° broché ou en feuilles. 12 numéros (dont 3 doubles) ont paru en 9 livraisons, de lautomne 1968 à juin 1974. (Destribats, 730)‎

Bookseller reference : 12319

‎Henri Estienne‎

‎DEUX DIALOGUES DU NOUVEAU LANGAGE FRANCOIS ITALIANIZE‎

‎Liseux 1883.In-8 en demi-vélin.319 et 319 p.2 tomes en 1 vol.Couvs.conservées.EX.318.Bibliothèque de Jean Carrive.TBE.‎

Bookseller reference : 52032

‎1958, N°04 Oct-Déc : le Langage : Textes de Benveniste, Fourquet, G. Guillaume Mallarmé Sur Wittge‎

‎Etudes philosophiques, société d'études philosophiques, dir. g. berger, marseille puis paris, 1926... [Unknown Binding]‎

‎Couverture défraîchie.‎

‎Merci de nous contacter à l'avance si vous souhaitez consulter une référence dans notre boutique à Authon-du-Perche.‎

Bookseller reference : Z39302Pfr ISBN : 19

‎Pottier, Bernard,‎

‎LES SCIENCES DU LANGAGE EN FRANCE AU XXeme SIECLE.‎

‎, Paris, Peeters, 1991., Broche, in-8? , 758pp. ISBN 2877230430.‎

‎Societe d'etudes linguistiques et anthropologiques de France 24, numero special. Deuxieme edition revue et augmentee. Selaf n? 333.‎

Bookseller reference : 2987

‎Partridge, Eric.‎

‎USAGE & ABUSAGE.‎

‎, London, Penguin, 1973, Paperback, in-8? , 380pp.‎

‎A Modern Guide to Good English.‎

Bookseller reference : 3512

‎ARASSE, D., BROCK, M. e.a..‎

‎SYMBOLES DE LA RENAISSANCE. TROISIEME VOLUME.‎

‎, Paris, Presses de l'ecole normale superieure, 1990,, broche, 210 x 270mm., 244pp., toutes illustrations en b/n. ISBN 9782728801640.‎

‎Arts et langage. Bon etat.‎

Bookseller reference : 14777

‎RAIJMAKERS, G.M.J.;‎

‎HET ONTSTAAN VAN SPRAAK EN TAAL BIJ DE PRIMATEN. EEN NEURO - PSYCHOLOGISCHE EN PRIMATOLOGISCHE LITERATUURSTUDIE,‎

‎, Asten, Schriks, 1990, Paperback, geillustreerde kartonomslag, 160 x 240mm., 164pp., beperkte z/w illustratie.‎

‎Academisch proefschrift. Bijhorende stellingen zitten los ingevoegd. Boek is in goede staat.‎

Bookseller reference : 16269

‎MICHIE, James;‎

‎THE FOLIO GOLDEN TREASURY. THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,‎

‎, London, The Folio Society, 1997, Bound, half-leather/ half illustrated cloth, cassette, 180 x 280mm., 733pp., b/w illustration.‎

‎Illustrated with wood engravings by various artists. In excellent condition.‎

Bookseller reference : 19206

‎SPYNS, Peter.‎

‎Natural Language Processing in Medicine. Design, Implementation and Evaluation of an Analyser for Dutch.‎

‎Leuven, Universitaire Pers, 2000 Paperback, English, original editor's jacket, 16x24 cm., xxi-33 pp. ISBN 9789058670694.‎

‎Symbolae Facultatis Litterarum Lovaniensis - Series C : Linguistica 08. This book describes a complex computer program (implemented in Prolog by BIM) that is, thanks to the application of Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence techniques, able to analyse and process the content of a (limited) set of Dutch patient discharge summaries. Such a program achieves that not only the medium but also the message of medical documents can be treated computationally, which implies the possible automation of several medico-administrative tasks. An introduction to medical language processing as well as an overview of similar international projects is included. The bulk of the effort is dedicated to modules that are specific for the Dutch language. To this aim, existing resources (for Dutch) are re-used and integrated together with original developments. As a result, an electronic dictionary (containing some 8.000 lemmas) and a morphological recogniser (and a tagger/lemmatiser as a derived product) are realised. Another important achievement is a computer grammar (for sentence analysis) with a parser. For other modules (sublanguage and discourse analysis), software that has been developed elsewhere (Linguistic String Project team of the New York University and the Service d'Informatique Medicale, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris resp.) is adapted and extended for use with Dutch. In this way, intelligent information processing becomes feasible. Two information extraction applications illustrate the potentialities of the program. The application domain is cardiology and cardiac surgery. All components of the system are situated in their theoretical framework, extensively discussed and illustrated by means of excerpts of Prolog code and figures. A thorough evaluation has been performed as well, and the results, if possible, are compared with other results of similar tests.‎

Bookseller reference : 26324

‎CAMERMAN, Filip;‎

‎ANTWERPS SCHRIJVEN,‎

‎Antwerpen , De Vries - Brouwers, Paperback, 191pp. ISBN 9789059271753.‎

‎In 'Antwerps schrijven' wordt voor het eerst een volwaardige, volledig uitgewerkte schrijfwijze voor het Antwerps geintroduceerd. Elke Antwerpse tekst kan met deze schrijfwijze worden opgeschreven op een logische en consistente manier, die elke klank nauwkeurig weergeeft maar toch zeer leesbaar is. De nieuwe Antwerpse schrijfwijze wordt stap voor stap aangeleerd, te beginnen met een overzicht van alle Antwerpse klanken en hun notaties. Deze notaties worden aangevuld met afspraken omtrent verbindingsklanken, veranderende eindklanken en alle andere typische kenmerken van het Antwerps. Om het geschreven Antwerps te demonstreren bevat dit boek een ware schat aan bekende Antwerpse teksten, alle nauwkeurig weergegeven zoals ze worden uitgesproken of gezongen/ Voor de lezer die de Antwerpse taal tot in de puntjes wil doorgronden bevat dit boek ook een uitgebreid overzicht van de Antwerpse grammatica. Lidwoorden, adjectieven, verkleinwoorden, werkwoordvervoegingen en tal van andere onderwerpen woorden behandeld zoals in elke andere taalcursus.‎

Bookseller reference : 29784

‎E.P. Bos, H.A. Krop (eds.);‎

‎John Buridan: A Master of Arts: Some Aspects of is Philosophy. Acts of the Second Symposium organized y the Dutch Society for Medieval Philosophy 'Medium Aevum' on the Occasion of its 15th Anniversary, Leiden-Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit), 20-21 June, 1991,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 1993 Paperback, XI+176 p., 165 x 240 mm._Latin, English ISBN 9789070419349.‎

‎.John Buridan: A Master of Arts: Some Aspects of is Philosophy. Acts of the Second Symposium organized y the Dutch Society for Medieval Philosophy 'Medium Aevum' on the Occasion of its 15th Anniversary, Leiden-Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit), 20-21 June, 1991,‎

Bookseller reference : 33850

‎O. Weijers (ed.);‎

‎Vocabulaire du livre et de l'ecriture au moyen age. Actes de la table ronde, Paris 24-26 septembre 1987,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 1989 Paperback, 254 p., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503370026.‎

‎O. Weijers, Preface; L.E. Boyle, Introduction; J. Irigoin, Terminologie du livre et de l'ecriture dans le monde byzantin; P. Gasnault, Les supports et les instruments de l'ecriture a l'epoque medievale; P. Stirnemann et M.-T. Gousset, Marques, mots, pratiques: leur signification et leurs liens dans le travail des enlumineurs; J. Vezin, Le vocabulaire latin de la reliure au moyen age; M.-P. Laffitte, Le vocabulaire medieval de la reliure d'apres les anciens inventaires; F. Dolbeau, Noms de livres; F. Gasparri, Lexicographie historique des ecritures; J.P. Gumbert, La page intelligible: quelques remarques; O. Guyotjeannin, Le vocabulaire de la diplomatique en latin medieval; J. Monfrin, Le catalogue et l'inventaire (Resume); J.-F. Genest, Le mobilier des bibliotheques d'apres les inventaires medievaux; A. Vernet, Du chartophylax au Librarian; J. Hamesse, Le vocabulaire de la transmission orale des textes; P. Bourgain, La naissance officielle de l'oeuvre: l'expression metaphorique de la mise au jour; L.J. Bataillon, Exemplar, pecia, quaternus; R.H. Rouse et M.A. Rouse, The Vocabulary of Wax Tablets; J. Monfrin, Conclusion; Liste des abreviations; Bibliographie; Index des termes techniques; Liste des auteurs. Languages: French.‎

Bookseller reference : 35158

‎O. Weijers (ed.);‎

‎Dictionnaires et repertoires au moyen age. Une etude du vocabulaire,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 1991 Paperback, 212 p., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503370040.‎

‎Avant-propos; Introduction; I. Les conditions preliminaires; A. Le classement alphabetique; B. La division du texte; 1. Termes designant la division du texte; 2. Termes designant les parties du texte; 3. Termes se rapportant a la division par page, etc.; 4. Les noms des signes et renvois; II. Glossaires et dictionnaires; A. Genres et appellations; 1. Les appellations generales des glossaires et des lexique; 2. Quelques genres particuliers; 3. Les appellations moins courantes; B. Methodes et instruments; 1. Les noms des lettres et des mots; 2. Le sens des mots; 3. La forme des mots; 4. L'explication des mots; 5. Les methodes principales; 6. La traduction; 7. Les citations; 8. Autres termes se rapportant aux methodes et instruments; III. Repertoires; A. Tables et index; 1. Tables des matieres; 2. Tables alphabetiques; a. Les appellations principales; b. Autres appellations; c. Methodes et instruments; B. Distinctiones et concordances; 1. Les collections de distinctiones; 2. Les concordances; C. Repertoires juridiques; 1. Repertoires et dictionnaires; 2. Distinctiones juridiques. Languages: French.‎

Bookseller reference : 35160

‎O. Weijers (ed.);‎

‎Vocabulaire des colleges universitaires (XIIIe - XVIe siecles). Actes du colloque, Leuven 9-11 avril 1992,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 1993 Paperback, 192 p., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503370064.‎

‎Le quatrieme colloque du CIVICIMA etait consacre au vocabulaire des colleges universitaires. Le theme du colloque etant etroitement lie aux institutions, il n'est guere etonnant de constater que le vocabulaire etudie ici est principalement de nature concrete. Aussi, ce volume interessera-t-il d'abord les historiens des institutions universitaires. O. Weijers, Le vocabulaire du College de Sorbonne M.-H. Jullien de Pommerol, Le vocabulaire des colleges dans le midi de la France J. Fletcher, The Vocabulary of Administration and Teaching at Merton College, Oxford, at the Close of the Middle Ages G.-R. Tewes, Terms used in academic life and corresponding reality by the example of the Bursae of the Arts Faculty at Cologne P. Denley, The vocabulary of Italian colleges to 1500 A. Esposito, I collegi universitari di Roma: progetti e realizzazioni tra XIV e XV secolo A. M. Carabias Torres, The Vocabulary of the Spanish 'Colegios Mayores' during the Middle Ages and the Modern Age F. Smahel, Scholae, Collegia et Bursae Universitatis Pragensis L. Giard, La constitution du systeme educatif jesuite au XVIe siecle G. Barone, Les couvents des Mendiants, des colleges deguises? G. Makdisi, The Model of Islamic Scholastic Culture and its Later Parallel in the Christian West J. Verger, Conclusion. Languages: French.‎

Bookseller reference : 35164

‎O. Weijers (ed.);‎

‎Vocabulary of Teaching and Research Between Middle Ages and Renaissance. Proceedings of the Colloquium London, Warburg Institute, 11-12 March 1994,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 1995 Paperback, 256 p., 160 x 240 mm ISBN 9782503370088.‎

‎O. Weijers, Preface; J. Hamesse, Approche terminologique de certaines methodes d'enseignement et de recherche a la fin du moyen age. Declarare, Recitare, Conclusio; S. Rizzo, Sulla terminilogia dell'insegnamento grammaticale nelle scuole umanistiche; A.C. Dionisotti, Hellenismus, C.H. Kneepkens, Ordo naturalis and ordo artificialis: A Note on the Terminology of Thirteenth-Century University Grammar; L.M. de Rijk, Teaching and Inquiry in 13th-14th Century Logic and Metaphysics; J. Kraye, Renaissance Commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics; G.R. Evans, Theology: The Vocabulary of Teaching and Research 1300-1600: Words and Concepts; J.D. North, Aspects of the Language of Medieval Mathematics; L. Giard, Comment Pietro Catena lit les loca mathematica d'Aristote (Padoue, 1556); D. Jacquart, Les Concordances de Pierre de Saint-Flour et l'enseignement de la medecine a Paris dans la seconde moitie du XIVe siecle; V. Nutton, The Changing Language of Medicine, 1450-1550; P. Brand, Learning English Customary Law: Education in the London Law School, 1250-1500; C. Burnett, The Institutonal Context of Arabic-Latin Translations of the Middle Ages: a reassessment of the School of Toledo; C. Sirat, Deux mots de philosophie juive au destin divergent; Index of Technical Terms; List of Participants. Languages: French.‎

Bookseller reference : 35201

‎M. Teeuwen;‎

‎Vocabulary of Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2003 Paperback, 482 p., 160 x 240 mm ISBN 9782503514574.‎

‎The Latin vocabulary of intellectual life in the Middle Ages has been the focus of the CIVICIMA-series: nine volumes of conference-proceedings, monographs and collective works. The series has proved convincingly that analyses of the verbal expressions of medieval intellectual life and their precise meanings is a worthwhile and rewarding task, which sharpens and deepens our understanding of education and learning in the medieval world. With this tenth volume the series has been brought to a conclusion. It serves as a handbook, a practical tool for finding information and material about a considerable number of key terms, which have been classified in four categories of ?technical vocabulary? ? terms that developed specialized meanings in the context of medieval education and learning. The first category consists of the vocabulary of schools and universities (for instance, schola, magister, universitas, etc.); the second the vocabulary of the book and book production (for instance, armarium, pecia, scriptorium, etc.); the third treats the vocabulary of teaching-methods, instruments and products of intellectual life (for instance, concordantia, disputatio, glossa, etc.); the fourth the names of the disciplines, their teachers and students (for instance, artes liberales, canonista, decretista, theologia, etc.). Terms from these four categories are treated, either individually or in groups coherent with respect to content, in short and uniform articles. Their medieval meanings are described, together with their origins, their classical meanings, their semantic development, and the historical or regional differences in meaning. Languages: English.‎

Bookseller reference : 35203

‎N/A;‎

‎Dictionary of Old English, Fasc. A,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 1994 Microfiche, 2331 p., on 8 microfiche., 140 x 225 mm. ISBN 9780888449221.‎

‎The fifth and most recent fascicle of the Dictionary of Old english, the letter A, consists of 1505 headwords in 2331 pages on microfiche. The material on which A is based represents a fresh look at all surviving Old English (except multiple copies of texts), an estimated three million running words. Although the Dictionary of Old English is meant to serve as a bilingual translation dictionary, it is also a historical dictionary, an inventory and description of the English language from its earliest appearance in written records, ca.600. It is intended to complement the Oxford English Dictionary for the earliest period of the language; indeed, the Dictionary of Old English will catalogue the Old English vocabulary deliberately excluded from the OED because it failed to survive past 1150. The dictionary draws on as wide a range of texts in date, dialect and genre - as possible. It differs from previous dictionaries in several important features: a listing in a simplified paradigmatic order of every spelling that is attested for a word in the dictionary corpus; frequency counts for each word in the corpus so that readers can determine what proportion of the evidence has been cited; usage labels where they are statistically significant, noting restrictions to a class of texts, to an author, or to a particular period or dialect; exhaustive citation for all words of twelve or fewer occurences. Prepared by A.di Paolo Healy, J.Holland, D.McDougall, I.McDougall, N.Speirs, P.Thompson, S.Ono, S.Takeuchi, M.Rissanen, E.Stanley. Languages : English.‎

Bookseller reference : 37408

‎N/A;‎

‎Dictionary of Old English, Fasc. B,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 1991 Microfiche, 2693 p., on 9 microfiche., 140 x 225 mm. ISBN 9780888449245.‎

‎Languages : English.‎

Bookseller reference : 37410

‎N/A;‎

‎Dictionary of Old English, Fasc. D,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 1986 Microfiche, 951 p., on 4 microfiche., 140 x 225 mm. ISBN 9780888449269.‎

‎Languages : English.‎

Bookseller reference : 37412

‎A. Di Paolo Healey, D. McDougall, I. McDougall, N. Speirs, P. A Thompson;‎

‎Dictionary of Old English, Fasc. F,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2004 Microfiche, XXIV p., + 35 microfiches, 135 x 215 mm. ISBN 9780888449290.‎

‎Languages : English.‎

Bookseller reference : 37414

‎A.T. Khoury, L. Hagemann (eds.);‎

‎Dictionnaire de l'Islam,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 1995 Hardback, 380 p., 165 x 235 mm. ISBN 9782503504018.‎

‎L'islam progresse dans le monde entier. Il predomine au Moyen-Orient, en Asie Mineure, dans le Caucase, dans le Nord du sous-continent indien, en Asie du Sud et en Indonesie, dans le Nord et l'Ouest de l'Afrique. Mais son influence s'etend egalement sur un nombre croissant de personnes dans une Europe dont l'orientation pluriculturelle est de plus en plus affirmee. La fascination, mais aussi les craintes qu'il suscite, ne sont pas liees exclusivement a sa version fondamentaliste. Bien plus que le christianisme, la religion musulmane impregne tous les domaines de la vie de ses adeptes et toutes leurs realisations: dans l'islam, la morale, le droit, la politique, la culture, la science ou encore l'histoire cherchent leur justification dans le Coran. Plus l'islam nous devient proche, plus il est urgent que nous nous penchions sur ses fondements. Le present dictionnaire constitue une ouverture unique sur l'univers complexe de l'islam. En quelque 340 articles, il traite de la doctrine theologique, des dispositions legales, des influences culturelles, des ramifications de l'histoire religieuse, de la diversite des mouvements, des objectifs strategiques mondiaux et des amorces d'un dialogue interreligieux et interculturel. L'orientation du lecteur est facilitee par des indications bibliographiques qui etendent son information et par un index detaille. Signe par d'eminents specialistes, ce Dictionnaire de l'islam est donc un ouvrage de reference sans equivalent dans le monde francophone. Languages : French.‎

Bookseller reference : 37417

‎H. Delhougne (ed.);‎

‎Dictionnaire encyclopedique de la liturgie Volume I. A-L,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 1992 Hardback, 700 p., 165 x 235 mm. ISBN 9782503502489.‎

‎Des sa parution en 1960, le Dictionnaire encyclopedique de la Bible (DEB) s'est revele un outil indispensable au bibliste francophone. L'edition de 1987, profondement remaniee sous la direction du Centre Informatique et Bible (Maredsous, Belgique), a rencontre d'emblee un vif succes. Elle a ete vendue a plus de 15.000 exemplaires et a ete traduite en plusieurs langues. Ce Dictionnaire encyclopedique de la Bible meritait une nouvelle mise a jour pour son 15e anniversaire. La recherche a en effet beaucoup progresse: approches nouvelles, reconsideration d'anciennes theories (notamment sur le Pentateuque), accroissement de la bibliographie. La presente edition revisee et augmentee, realisee avec l'aide des specialistes du domaine, ajoute plusieurs articles nouveaux (analyse narrative; rhetorique; approches canonique, feministe, liberationiste, psychanalytique, statistique, symbolique, theologique ...) et apporte plus de 3.500 titres bibliographiques nouveaux se rapportant a plus de 500 articles differents, et classes dans un ordre chronologique. Cet outil doit aider efficacement la communaute biblique et scientifique francophone comme il l'a fait durant ces 15 dernieres annees. Languages : French.‎

Bookseller reference : 37419

‎C. Mews, C. Nederman, R. M. Thomson (eds.);‎

‎Rhetoric and Renewal in the Latin West 1100-1540. Essays in Honour of John O. Ward,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2003 Hardback, X+270 p., 1 b/w ill., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503513409.‎

‎The essays in this volume, presented in honour of John O. Ward, explore the role of rhetoric in promoting reform and renewal in the Latin West from Peter Abelard (1079-1142) to Juan Luis Vives (1492-1540). Ward, who has taught for many years at the University of Sydney, has been an influential and creative force in medieval and Renaissance studies both in Australia and internationally. This volume opens with a personal memoir and bibliography of Ward's publications, as well as an overview of the study of medieval rhetoric. The first of the three sections, 'Abelard and Rhetoric', relates Abelard's rhetoric to his logic, his theology, and his relationship to Heloise. A second section, 'Voices of Reform', considers various writers (William of Malmesbury, John of Salisbury, Richard FitzNigel, and William of Ockham) who bring rhetorical techniques to bear upon analysis of social conditions. A third section, 'Rhetoric in Transition', deals with the evolution of rhetorical theory between the late fourteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The volume will be of interest not just to specialists in rhetoric, but to all concerned with issues of reform and renewal in European culture during the period 1100-1540. Languages : English.‎

Bookseller reference : 37473

‎I. Van 't Spijker;‎

‎Fictions of the Inner Life. Religious Literature and Formation of the Self in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2004 Hardback, X+264 p., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503515144.‎

‎Interiorization and a trend towards a consideration of the nature of personal experience have long been recognized as important elements in the changing landscape of the religious culture of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The homo interior is at the centre of the religious writings of that time, and the 'inner man' is a pivotal concept for making sense of the literature of religious formation. Monastic writers try to provide their readers with a 'script' to enact in themselves, in order to form their inner self, as the way to ascend to the knowledge of God. Interiority, however, is not a straightforward aspect of human existence with an unchanging meaning. The notion as it is used by medieval monastic authors gives expression to a specific understanding of what a human being was thought to be, quite different from later self-perceptions. Because of this difference, when they write 'histories of the self' historians and philosophers often pass over the Middle Ages. On the other hand, in histories of mysticism the twelfth century is often read through the lens of later mysticism. This book explores the notion of interiority via four influential authors of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and the way in which notions about interiority function in their pedagogy. The concepts governing how the homo interior is fashioned are developed within age-old monastic and theological traditions. Medieval ideas about man as imago Dei, monastic reading culture and biblical exegesis are only a few of the elements of these traditions. The choice of authors has been guided by the wish to encompass and highlight various aspects of the eleventh- and twelfth-century notions of 'inner life': monastic and eremitical tradition in Peter Damian, theological-anthropological concepts in Hugh of Saint-Victor, the importance of exegetical procedures in Richard of Saint-Victor, and the role of experience in William of Saint-Thierry. These authors illustrate what was then conceptually possible when it came to thinking about the inner life. Their notions of the inner self are an intriguing part of a continuing history of conceptions of the self and of how it may be fashioned. Languages : English.‎

Bookseller reference : 37475

‎M. Dobozy;‎

‎Re-Membering the Present. The Medieval German Poet-Minstrel in Cultural Context,‎

‎Turnhout, Brepols, 2005 Hardback, XIV+354 p., 4 b/w ill., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503515168.‎

‎This book examines the social and cultural conditions that governed performance art in the German Middle Ages from 1170 to 1400. Poet-performers are central to understanding both literature and performance art because these entertainers, more than any other group, influenced the creation, dissemination, and interpretation of the medieval poetic oeuvre. Performance theory is used as a framework throughout. Since no social history of poet-performers exists in English, part I presents a social history that re-examines what is known about social status, cultural image and employment. Part II investigates the affective nature of performance and focuses on poet-composer-performers. This study argues that the techniques and principles of performance (body movement, gesture, voice modulation, instrumentation) and the goals of creating a memorable, even electrifying experience for audiences determine the performer's lifestyle and also the thematic and rhetorical strategies of their compositions. The itinerant poet-performer presented himself as a moral judge and critic of epoch-making political events. His performances transform time, place and people and thus become a socializing process that can change people's attitudes. Poet-minstrels were capable of re-membering the listeners' memories of the past during the intense present of the performance. Readings of several texts are offered, including romances, the political songs of well-known poet-performers (i.e. Walther von der Vogelweide) and the gnomic poets (Spruchdichter) whose songs have been neglected until now. The songs are quite intricate and multivalent as they masterfully display an aesthetic totally integrated with their performative context. Languages : English.‎

Bookseller reference : 37477