Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism


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Volume 50

Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of World Authors from Classical Antiquity through the Fourteenth Century, from the First Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Lynn M. Zott

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Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Vol. 50
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Acknowledgments

The editors wish to thank the copyright holders of the excerpted criticism included in this volume and the permissions managers of many book and magazine publishing companies for assisting us in securing reproduction rights. We are also grateful to the staffs of the Detroit Public Library, the Library of Congress, the University of Detroit Mercy Library, Wayne State University Purdy/Kresge Library Complex, and the University of Michigan Libraries for making their resources available to us. Following is a list of the copyright holders who have granted us permission to reproduce material in this volume of CMLC. Every effort has been made to trace copyright, but if omissions have been made, please let us know.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS IN CMLC, VOLUME 50, WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING PERIODICALS:

Classical Quarterly, v. 44, 1994 for “Empedocles’ Sun” by Peter Kingsley. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.—Essays in French Literature, November, 1973. Reproduced by permission.—Islamic Quarterly, v. 9, January-June, 1965. Reproduced by permission.—Mnemosyne, v. 52, October, 1999. © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 1999. Reproduced by permission.—Muslim World, v. 48, July/October, 1958. Reproduced by permission— Olifant, v. 3, May, 1976; v. 6, Spring-Summer, 1979. Reproduced by permission.—The Review of English Studies, v. 50, February, 1999 for “Arnold on Empedocles” by John Woolford. © Oxford University Press 1999. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and the author.—Victorian Poetry, v. 50, Spring-Summer, 1988 for “Empedocles, Suicide, and the Order of Things” by Linda Ray Pratt. Reproduced by permission of the author.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS IN CMLC, VOLUME 50, WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:

Brault, Gerard J. From The Song of Roland: An Analytical Edition. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1978. Copyright © 1978 The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Daniel, Elton L. From “Preface,” in The Alchemy of Happiness by Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazzali. Translated by Claud Field. M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1991. Copyright © 1991 by M. E. Sharpe, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Dutton, Paul Edward. From “An Introduction to Einhard,” in Charlemagne’s Courtier: The Complete Einhard. Edited and translated by Paul Edward Dutton. Broadview Press, 1998. © 1998 by Paul Edward Dutton. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Fakhry, Majid. From Ethical Theories in Islam. E. J. Brill, 1991. © Copyright 1991 by E. J. Brill. Leiden, The Netherlands. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Firchow, Evelyn Scherabon and Edwin H. Zeydel. From “Introduction,” in Vita Karoli Magni: The Life of Charlemagne by Einhard. Translated by Evelyn Scherabon Firchow and Edwin H. Zeydel. University of Miami Press, 1972. Copyright © 1972 by University of Miami Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Ganshof, F. L. From “Einhard, biographer of Charlemagne,” in The Carolingians and the Frankish Monarchy: Studies in Carolingian History. Translated by Janet Sondheimer. Cornell University Press, 1971. Copyright © 1971 by F. L. Ganshof. Translation copyright © 1971 by Longman Group Limited. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Cornell University Press.—Goldin, Frederick. From “Introduction,” in The Song of Roland. Translated by Frederick Goldin. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1978. Copyright © 1978 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Haidu, Peter. From “Funerary Rituals in the ‘Chanson de Roland’,” in Continuations: Essays on Medieval French Literature and Language. Edited by Norris J. Lacy and Gloria Torrini-Roblin. Summa Publications, Inc., 1989. Copyright 1989 Summa Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.— Hourani, George F. From Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics. Cambridge University Press, 1985. © Cambridge University Press 1985. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and author.—Inwood, Brad. From “Introduction,” in The Poem of Empedocles by Empedocles. Translated by Brad Inwood. University of Toronto Press, 1992. © University of Toronto Press 1992. Reproduced by permission.—Kingsley, Peter. From Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition. Clarendon Press, 1995. © Peter Kingsley 1995. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Lambridis, Helle. From Empedocles. The University of Alabama Press, 1976. Copyright © 1976 by The University of Alabama Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of Linos Benakis.—Lombardo, Stanley. From Parmenides and Empedocles: The Fragments in Verse Translation. Grey Fox Press, 1982. Copyright © 1979, 1982 by Stanley Lombardo. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Marmura, Michael E. From “Introduction,” in The Incoherence of the Philosophers by Al-Ghazali. Brigham Young University Press, 1997. © 2000 by Brigham Young

University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—McLuhan, Marshall. From “Empedocles and T. S. Eliot,” in Empedocles by Helle Lambridis. The University of Alabama Press, 1976. Copyright © 1975 by Marshall McLuhan Associates Limited. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of Linos Benakis.—Merwin, W. S. From “Introduction,” in The Song of Roland. Translated by W. S. Merwin. Vintage Books, 1970. Copyright © 1963 by W. S. Merwin. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Painter, Sidney. From “Foreword,” in The Life of Charlemagne by Einhard. The University of Michigan Press, 1960. Foreword copyright © by The University of Michigan Press 1960. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Ramey, Lynn T. From “‘Chanson de Roland’ (The Song of Roland),” in Epics for Students. Gale Group.—Sedley, David. From Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom. Cambridge University Press, 1998. © David N. Sedley 1998. Reproduced by permission of the publisher and author.—Thorpe, Lewis. From “Introduction,” in Two Lives of Charlemagne by Einhard and Notker the Stammerer. Translated by Professor Lewis Thorpe. Penguin Books, 1969. Translation copyright © Lewis Thorpe, 1969. Reproduced by permission of Penguin Group (UK).—Umaruddin, M. From The Ethical Philosophy of Al-Ghazzali. The Aligarh Muslim University Press, 1962. Reproduced by permission.—Vance, Eugene. From Reading the Song of Roland. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970. Copyright © 1970 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Vance, Eugene. From “Roland and the Poetics of Memory,” in Textual Strategies: Perspectives in Post-Structuralist Criticism. Edited by Josue V. Harari. Cornell University Press, 1979. Copyright © 1979 by Cornell University. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Cornell University Press.—Watt, W. Montgomery. From Muslim Intellectual: A Study of Al-Ghazali. Edinburgh University Press, 1963. © 1963 W. Montgomery Watt. Reproduced by permission.

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Charlemagne, illustration. Hulton/Getty Images. Reproduced by permission.—Einhard, photograph. © Bettman/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Empedocles, painting. The Library of Congress.—Roland, photograph. Hulton/Getty Images. Reproduced by permission.—Roland, photograph. Hulton/Getty. Reproduced by permission.

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