Literary theory and criticism in the later Middle Ages: interpretation, invention, imagination: essays in honour of Alastair Minnis

This collection makes a new, profound and far-reaching intervention into the rich yet little-explored terrain between Latin scholastic theory and vernacular literature. Written by a multidisciplinary team of leading international authors, the chapters honour and advance Alastair Minnis's field-defining scholarship. A wealth of expert essays refract the nuances of theory through the medium of authoritative Latin and vernacular medieval texts, providing fresh interpretative treatment to known canonical works while also bringing unknown materials to light.
Reasserts the central importance of medieval scholastic literary theory by means of a coordinated collection of newly-commissioned expert essays
Re-evaluates the unparalleled sophistication of the significance of medieval scholastic literary theory for both the contemporary production and the critical interpretation of texts
Freshly interprets canonical works while also bringing to light texts that have long remained overlooked or unknown, enabling readers to engage in a critical dialogue with previously-inaccessible materials