The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250: A Literary History

Karla Mallette

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2005

The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250

A Literary History

Karla Mallette

In the series The Middle Ages Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812204797

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About this book

In The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250, Karla Mallette writes the first literary history of the Kingdom of Sicily in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The study contains an extensive selection of poems and documents translated from the Arabic, Latin, Old French, and Italian.

Author / Editor information

Karla Mallette is Associate Professor of Italian and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan.

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"Mallette is a lucid and at times moving writer, and she has exactly the sort of broad-based vision and notion of literary history that has been in short supply these last several decades."—María Rosa Menocal, Yale University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
1. Toward a Literary History of the Kingdom of Sicily Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. An Archeology of the Sicilian Park Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
3. Frederick II and the Genesis of a Sicilian Romance Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4. Rereading Le Origini: Sicilian Romance Poetry and the Language of Natural Philosphy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
5. Beyond Le Origini: Sicilian Romance Poetry in a Feminine Voice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
6. Vernacularity and Sicilian Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Texts in Translation
From the Arabic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
From the Latin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
From the Old French Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
From the Sicilian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Other: 8 illus.
Keywords: Literature; History; Cultural Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies

eBook

Published: June 6, 2011
ISBN: 9780812204797