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OverviewMester de clerecía is the term traditionally used to designate the first generations of learned poetry in medieval Ibero-Romance dialects (the precursors of modern Castilian and other Romance languages of the Iberian Peninsula). In its time, this poetry was anything but traditional. These long poems of structured verse reappropriate the heroic past through the retelling of legends from Classical Antiquity, saints’ lives, miracle stories, Biblical apocrypha, and other tales. At the same time, the poems recast the place of their authors, and learned characters within their stories, in the shifting dynamics of their thirteenth and fourteenth century present. Contributors are Pablo Ancos, Maria Cristina Balestrini, Fernando Baños Vallejo, Andrew M. Beresford, Olivier Biaggini, Martha M. Daas, Emily C. Francomano, Ryan Giles, Michelle M. Hamilton, Anthony John Lappin, Clara Pascual-Argente, Connie L. Scarborough, Donald W. Wood, and Carina Zubillaga. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robin M. Bower , Matthew V. DesingPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 3 Weight: 0.943kg ISBN: 9789004547735ISBN 10: 9004547738 Pages: 478 Publication Date: 17 July 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on Stylistic Conventions List of Maps and Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction: Critics and Clerks Robin M. Bower and Matthew V. Desing PART 1: Contexts of Production and Reception Introduction to Part One Robin M. Bower and Matthew V. Desing 1 The Matter of Meter: Cuaderna Vía and the Castilian Romance of Antiquity Clara Pascual-Argente 2 The Work of the Word: the Authority of Writing in Mester de Clerecía Poetry Olivier Biaggini 3 Beyond the Letter: Rhythm in the Mester de Clerecía Fernando Baños Vallejo 4 The Libro de Alexandre and the Limits of Modernitas María Cristina Balestrini PART 2: Matters of Formal Transmission Introduction to Part Two Robin M. Bower and Matthew V. Desing 5 Fire and False Prophets: Ecdotica and the Audiences of Early Thirteenth-Century Poetry Anthony John Lappin 6 The Last Line of the Monorhyme Quatrain and the Artistry of the Cleric’s Craft Pablo Ancos 7 Reading Epiphany in the Libro de Apolonio and Its Codicological Context: Divinity Materialized in Escorial Manuscript K-III-4 Carina Zubillaga 8 Reorienting Mester de Clerecía Transmission: Escorial Manuscript K-III-4 as Travel Literature in Late Medieval Aragon Matthew V. Desing PART 3: Cultural Studies Approaches Introduction to Part Three Robin M. Bower and Matthew V. Desing 9 Gonzalo de Berceo: the Authority to Write and the Dictates of Humility Connie L. Scarborough 10 The Sacred Re-Imagined: Ekphrasis and Berceo’s Milagros de Nuestra Señora Martha M. Daas 11 The Ascetic Body of St Dominic of Silos Andrew M. Beresford 12 Feeling Like a King: the Libro de Apolonio and the History of the Emotions Emily C. Francomano PART 4: Mester de Clerecía in a Broader Context Introduction to Part Four Robin M. Bower and Matthew V. Desing 13 ‘Sweet Tweets and Cries’: the Wonders of Poro’s Palace in the Libro de Alexandre Michelle M. Hamilton 14 The Thornbush and the Tattered Garment: Shared Metaphors in the Libro de buen amor and Proverbios Morales Ryan D. Giles 15 The Coplas de Yosef: a Medieval Hebrew-Aljamiado Poem of Heroism and Courtly Composure Donald W. Wood Epilogue: Prequels and Afterlives: the Exemplarity of Fernán González Robin M. Bower IndexReviewsAuthor InformationRobin M. Bower, Ph.D. (2001, Columbia University), is Associate Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, Beaver Campus. She has published widely and her monograph In the Doorway of All Worlds: Gonzalo de Berceo's Translation of the Saints is forthcoming. Matthew V. Desing, Ph.D. (2008, University of Minnesota) continues researching as an independent scholar after pausing his role in the professoriate to pursue an MFA in creative writing. His scholarship has appeared in La corónica, Hispanic Review, and other venues. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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