The Bellum Grammaticale and the Rise of European Literature

by Erik Butler

Book Overview

The now-forgotten genre of the bellum grammaticale flourished in the sixteenth- and seventeenth centuries as a means of satirizing outmoded cultural institutions and promoting new methods of instruction. In light of works written in Renaissance Italy, ancien r gime France, and baroque Germany (Andrea Guarna's Bellum Grammaticale 1511], Antoine Fureti re's Nouvelle all gorique 1658], and Justus Georg Schottelius' Horrendum Bellum Grammaticale 1673]),...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032929790
• ISBN13: 9781032929798
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 158 Pages