The 'Bellum Grammaticale' and the Rise of European Literature

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The 'Bellum Grammaticale' and the Rise of European Literature is written by Erik Butler and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1409401987 (ISBN 10) and 9781409401988 (ISBN 13).

The now-forgotten genre of the bellum grammaticale flourished in the sixteenth- and seventeenth centuries as a means of satirizing outmoded cultural institutions and promoting new methods of instruction. Butler examines representations of language as war in texts written in Latin, French, and German; the study, by exploring the relationship between tradition and innovation, also illuminates the shift from a Latin-based understanding of learning to the acceptance of vernacular erudition and the emergence of national literatures.