The Premodern Condition: Medievalism and the Making of Theory

by Bruce Holsinger

Book Overview

The Premodern Condition identifies and explains a surprising affinity for medievalism and medieval studies among the leading figures of critical theory. Drawing on a wide range of philosophical, literary-critical, and sociological works produced within the French nouvelle critique of the 1960s, Holsinger argues for reconceiving these discourses, in part, as a brilliant amalgamation of medievalisms.

Holsinger shows that the preoccupation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226349721
• ISBN13: 9780226349725
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"