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OverviewNigel of Canterbury, often referred to as Nigel Wireker or Nigel de Longchamps, was a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury, during the troubled decades after the martyrdom of Thomas Becket. Nigel is widely-known for his Speculum Stultorum , a satiric poem nearly 4000 lines long, and for a caustic treatise that has been given the title Tractatus contra Curiales et Officiales Clericos . Although his 17 Miracula Sancte Dei genitricis uirginis Marie, uersifice have been edited recently, not all his other works have fared well. This work contains Nigel's remaining poems. His account in rhymed hexameters of the passion of Saint Lawrence and 13 epigrams are edited from British Library Cotton Vespasian D xix; and recently discovered marginal poems that shed light upon his techniques of poetic composition are published from Cambridge, Trinity College B. 15.5 (342). The volume opens with a general introduction on Nigel's writings, his life at Canterbury and notable features of his work. Each of the three texts or sets of texts is preceded by a brief introduction and followed by a detailed commentary, which glosses difficult words and constructions and points the reader to literary sources and analogues. The volume concludes with indexes of names and of notable words. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jan M. Ziolkowski , Jan M. Ziolkowski , Jan M. ZiolkowskiPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 14 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.650kg ISBN: 9789004088658ISBN 10: 9004088652 Pages: 324 Publication Date: 01 December 1993 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews' Let us hope that Ziolkowski will continue to write, and Brill [...] to publish, editions such as these, for many of the major works of medieval Latin literature deserve this kind of attention and care but have not yet received it.'<br>Maura K. Lafferty, Speculum - A Journal of Medieval Studies, 1995.<br> Author InformationJan Ziolkowski received his A.B., summa cum laude, from Princeton University (as a National Merit Scholar), and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (as a Marshall Scholar). After a year as a Dumbarton Oaks and American Academy Fellow in Rome, he moved to Harvard University, where he is Professor of Medieval Latin and of Comparative Literature. A recent holder of John Simon Guggenheim and American Council for Learned Societies Fellowships, he has published a book on Alan of Lille and an edition of Nigel of Canterbury's Miracles of the Virgin Mary. A book entitled Jezebel: A Norman Latin Poem of the Early Eleventh Century is in press, and a book on Medieval Latin Beast Poetry is in progress. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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