Libri II
De arte metrica et de schematibus et tropis - The Art of Poetry and Rhetoric
1st Edition
Published in 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-3-922441-60-1 (ISBN)
Description
This first English translation of the complete work is presented on facing pages with a new edition of the original Latin text, based on the eighth-century manuscript in the monastic library of St. Gall. The translator's introduction explains the significance of The art of Poetry and Rhetoric for its time and for our understanding of the Middle Ages.
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Calvin B. Kendall studied at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and the University of California at Berkeley, where he received his Ph.D. Since 1967 he has taught Old and Middle English literature at the University of Minnesota, where he is now Professor of English. He is the author of The Metrical Grammar of Beowulf.