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Them Philologists: Philological Practices And Their Discontents From Nietzsche To Cerquiglini, Richard Utz Jan 2012

Them Philologists: Philological Practices And Their Discontents From Nietzsche To Cerquiglini, Richard Utz

Richard Utz

No abstract provided.


In Memoriam Karl Heinz Göller (May 13, 1924 - April 22, 2009), Richard Utz Nov 2010

In Memoriam Karl Heinz Göller (May 13, 1924 - April 22, 2009), Richard Utz

Richard Utz

Eulogy on academic teacher, adviser, and mentor; founding dean of the College of Languages and Literatures at the University of Regensburg, Germany; and founder and honorary president of the German Medieval Academy (Mediävistenverband).


Review Of: Elisabeth Vavra, Ed. Der Wald Im Mittelalter, Perspicuitas (2009), Richard Utz Jan 2009

Review Of: Elisabeth Vavra, Ed. Der Wald Im Mittelalter, Perspicuitas (2009), Richard Utz

Richard Utz

No abstract provided.


Otto Gründler: In Memoriam (1928-2004), Richard Utz Jan 2005

Otto Gründler: In Memoriam (1928-2004), Richard Utz

Richard Utz

Eulogy on Director of the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University.


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 …


Gender And Time In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Richard Utz Jan 2004

Gender And Time In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Richard Utz

Richard Utz

The word "time," as defined by cultural critic Norbert Elias in his essay on the sociology of knowledge, is a human symbol "for a relation which a group of human beings, who possess the biological capability of memorization and synthesis, establishes among several events, one of which they standardize as the frame of reference or measuring rod for the others". Similarly, Aaron Gurevic underlines there there are no universal definitions of space and time ...


‘As Writ Myn Auctour Called Lollius’: Divine And Authorial Omnipotence In Chaucer's Troilus And Criseyde, Richard Utz Jan 1997

‘As Writ Myn Auctour Called Lollius’: Divine And Authorial Omnipotence In Chaucer's Troilus And Criseyde, Richard Utz

Richard Utz

No abstract provided.