The 'Bellum Grammaticale' and the Rise of European Literature

• Author(s): Erik Butler,
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
• Pages: 149
• ISBN_10: 1409401987
  ISBN_13: 9781409401988
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / European / General , History / Europe / Western , History / Modern / 17th Century ,

Description:... The now-forgotten genre of the bellum grammaticale flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries as a means of satirizing outmoded cultural institutions and promoting new methods of instruction. This study explores early modern representations of language as war.