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Speculative Grammar and Stoic Language Theory in Medieval Allegorical Narrative from Prudentius to Alan of Lille (review)

Speculative Grammar and Stoic Language Theory in Medieval Allegorical Narrative from Prudentius... COMPARATIVE LITERATURE STUDIES Speculative Grammar and Stoic Language Theory in Medieval Allegorical Narrative from Prudentius to Alan of Lille. By Jeffrey Bardzell. London: Routledge, 2009. 136 pp. $133.00. Nearly three decades have passed since John Rist exhorted his fellow scholars to clarify the influence of philosophy on Christian literature. He believed that such a project would result in a rewriting of the intellectual history of the fourth century. Rist neglected to add that such an investigation would also improve our understanding of the Christian poets themselves. Prudentius's poetry and allegorical stance has been read through the lens of intellectual history, including the history of Epicureanism, Platonism, and Christian theology (in my The Roman Self in Late Antiquity, for example). In the same spirit, Jeffrey Bardzell argues that writers from Prudentius to Alan de Lille can be better understood by attending to the influence of Stoic ideas on their poetry. That is, Stoic linguistic theory as transmitted through the ancient grammatical tradition influenced medieval allegorical narrative and, in particular, was determinative for the nature of allegorical signification. While Bardzell's supporting arguments are challenged by the fact that no writings on Stoic grammar survive, nevertheless the project is worthwhile and, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Comparative Literature Studies Penn State University Press

Speculative Grammar and Stoic Language Theory in Medieval Allegorical Narrative from Prudentius to Alan of Lille (review)

Mastrangelo, Marc.
Comparative Literature Studies , Volume 49 (3) – Aug 17, 2012
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE STUDIES Speculative Grammar and Stoic Language Theory in Medieval Allegorical Narrative from Prudentius to Alan of Lille. By Jeffrey Bardzell. London: Routledge, 2009. 136 pp. $133.00. Nearly three decades have passed since John Rist exhorted his fellow scholars to clarify the influence of philosophy on Christian literature. He believed that such a project would result in a rewriting of the intellectual history of the fourth century. Rist neglected to add that such an investigation would also improve our understanding of the Christian poets themselves. Prudentius's poetry and allegorical stance has been read through the lens of intellectual history, including the history of Epicureanism, Platonism, and Christian theology (in my The Roman Self in Late Antiquity, for example). In the same spirit, Jeffrey Bardzell argues that writers from Prudentius to Alan de Lille can be better understood by attending to the influence of Stoic ideas on their poetry. That is, Stoic linguistic theory as transmitted through the ancient grammatical tradition influenced medieval allegorical narrative and, in particular, was determinative for the nature of allegorical signification. While Bardzell's supporting arguments are challenged by the fact that no writings on Stoic grammar survive, nevertheless the project is worthwhile and,

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