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Richard Utz

Late Medieval Literature

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Medieval Nominalism And The Literary Questions: Selected Studies, Richard Utz, Terry Barakat Apr 2004

Medieval Nominalism And The Literary Questions: Selected Studies, Richard Utz, Terry Barakat

Richard Utz

Like few other topics in the academic study of medieval literature, the search for the possible parallels between philosophical and literary texts reveals the not always peaceful coexistence among the three basic approaches to the study of medieval literature and culture: While hard-core medieval philologists would not accept any claims for a “literary nominalism” unless direct textual dependence can be demonstrated, scholars in medieval studies and the comparative study of medieval literature have shown themselves more accepting of investigations which diagnose a certain nominalistic Zeitgeist, mentality, or milieu especially in late medieval culture; and scholars preferring presentist/postmodern approaches have wholeheartedly …


Negotiating The Paradigm: Literary Nominalism And The Theory And Practice Of Re-Reading Late Medieval Texts, Richard Utz Dec 1994

Negotiating The Paradigm: Literary Nominalism And The Theory And Practice Of Re-Reading Late Medieval Texts, Richard Utz

Richard Utz

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