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Medieval Textual Cultures

Agents of Transmission, Translation and Transformation

Faith Wallis, Robert Wisnovsky (Herausgeber)

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IX, 214 Seiten

2016
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-046546-4 (ISBN)

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Understanding how medieval textual cultures engaged with the heritage of antiquity (transmission and translation) depends on recognizing that reception is a creative cultural act (transformation). These essays focus on the people, societies and institutions who were doing the transmitting, translating, and transforming -- the "agents". The subject matter ranges from medicine to astronomy, literature to magic, while the cultural context encompasses Islamic and Jewish societies, as well as Byzantium and the Latin West. What unites these studies is their attention to the methodological and conceptual challenges of thinking about agency. Not every agent acted with an agenda, and agenda were sometimes driven by immediate needs or religious considerations that while compelling to the actors, are more opaque to us. What does it mean to say that a text becomes “available” for transmission or translation? And why do some texts, once transmitted, fail to thrive in their new milieu? This collection thus points toward a more sophisticated “ecology” of transmission, where not only individuals and teams of individuals, but also social spaces and local cultures, act as the agents of cultural creativity.

Faith Wallis und Robert Wisnovsky, McGill Universität, Montreal, Kanada.

Faith Wallis and Robert Wisnovsky, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.08.2016
Reihe/Serie	Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission, Transformation ; 6
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	452 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
Schlagworte	Altphilologie • classics • Mediävistik • Medieval • Textualität • textuality • Transmission • Überlieferung
ISBN-10	3-11-046546-9 / 3110465469
ISBN-13	978-3-11-046546-4 / 9783110465464
Zustand	Neuware