Research Catalog

Title

Architrenius / Johannes de Hauvilla ; translated by Winthrop Wetherbee.

Author

Johannes, de Hauvilla, active 12th century

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

Wetherbee, Winthrop, 1938-

Description

xxvi, 541 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

"Architrenius, a satirical allegory in dactylic hexameters completed in 1184 by the Norman poet Johannes de Hauvilla, follows the journey of its eponymous protagonist, the "arch-weeper," who stands in for an emerging class of educated professionals tempted by money and social standing. Architrenius's quest for moral instruction leads through vivid tableaux of the vices of school, court, and church, from the House of Gluttony to the Palace of Ambition to the Mount of Presumption. Despite the allegorical nature of Architrenius, its focus is not primarily religious. Johannes de Hauvilla, who taught at an important cathedral school, probably Rouen, uses his stylistic virtuosity and the many resources of Latin poetry to condemn a secular world where wealth and preferment were all-consuming. His highly topical satire anticipates the comic visions of Jean de Meun, Boccaccio, and Chaucer. This edition of Architrenius brings together the most authoritative Latin text with a new English translation of an important medieval poem."--

Series Statement

Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; DOML 55

Uniform Title

Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 55.

Subject

• Verse satire, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Translations into English

Note

• This is Winthrop Wetherbee's second translation of the Architrenius; an earlier translation was published by Cambridge University Press, 1994, as volume 3 in the series Cambridge medieval classics.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages ; introduction and notes in English.

Call Number

JFD 19-3411

ISBN

• 9780674988156
• 0674988159

LCCN

2018040034

OCLC

1059253704

Author

Johannes, de Hauvilla, active 12th century, author.

Title

Architrenius / Johannes de Hauvilla ; translated by Winthrop Wetherbee.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; DOML 55

Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 55.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages ; introduction and notes in English.

Added Author

Wetherbee, Winthrop, 1938- translator.

Container of (expression): Johannes, de Hauvilla, active 12th century. Architrenius.

Container of (expression): Johannes, de Hauvilla, active 12th century. Architrenius. English (Wetherbee). 2019.

Research Call Number

JFD 19-3411