In this ambitious book, Karla Mallette studies the nature and
behaviors of the medieval cosmopolitan languages of
learning—classical Arabic and medieval Latin—as they crossed
the Mediterranean. Through anecdotes of relationships among
writers, compilers, translators, commentators, and copyists,
Mallette tells a complex story about the transmission of knowledge
in the period before the emergence of a national language system in
the late Middle Ages and early modernity. Mallette shows how the
elite languages of learning and culture were only tenuously related
to the languages of everyday life. These languages took years of
study to master, marking the passage from intellectual childhood to
maturity. In a coda to the book, Mallette speculates on the
afterlife of cosmopolitan languages in the twenty-first century,
the perils of monolingualism, and the ethics of language choice.
The book offers insight for anyone interested in rethinking
linguistic and literary tradition, the transmission of ideas, and
cultural expression in an increasingly multilingual world.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2021 |
| Authors: |
Karla Mallette
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
264 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-79590-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
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| LSN: |
0-226-79590-X |
| Barcode: |
9780226795904 |
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