Buch, Deutsch, Band 29, 178 Seiten, GEH, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 460 g
Reihe: Spolia Berolinensia
Tarnkappen mittelalterlicher Autorschaft.
Buch, Deutsch, Band 29, 178 Seiten, GEH, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 460 g
Reihe: Spolia Berolinensia
ISBN: 978-3-615-00360-4
Verlag: Weidmannsche Hildesheim
While mediaeval theologians wanted the power of creation still to be defined as an attribute of God alone, authors of secular and religious texts, especially from the 12th century onwards, began to claim this privilege more or less explicitly for themselves. The conference papers published in this volume demonstrate that this was in no way a break with tradition. Conceptions of authorship such as inspiration and the retelling of material from a source were taken over in the Latin and vernacular literature of the time, and transformed it so that eventually authorial self-awareness and creative autonomy found an expression – despite theological bars and the anti-poetry stance in normative discourse. A look forward to the renaissance, when literary theory gave explicit approval to the idea of creativity, demonstrates by contrast both the specific mediaeval possibilities for poetic production and reflection, and a tradition of autonomy on which renaissance thinkers could draw.