{"product_id":"the-subject-medievalmodern-text-and-governance-in-the-middle-ages-9780804747448","title":"The Subject Medieval\/Modern: Text and Governance in the Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis ambitious book presents the most thorough historicist account to date of the development of subjectivity in the medieval period, as traced in medieval literature and historical documentation . Presenting the essence of the modern subject as resting in its subjection to specific historical forms of state power, the author examines literary texts from the Middle Ages that participate in the cultural invention of the subject. Overall, \u003ci\u003eThe Subject Medieval\/Modern\u003c\/i\u003e makes a remarkable case for the relevance of studying the Middle Ages to today's world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book examines the constitution of subjects in literary texts as the result of the interplay of violence, ideology, and political structures as an integral part of the process of state-formation between the ninth and the fifteenth centuries. Each text is considered a singular event, a unique, self-reflexive structure modifying conventions in ideological exploration to offer performative models of subjectivity. Some texts line up with political evolution, others take a critical distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Haidu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.44w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804747448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Haidu taught medieval literature and critical theory at Columbia, Yale, Virginia, and Illinois, before retiring from UCLA. He now lives in Paris. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSubject of Violence: The Song of Roland and the Birth of the State.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40759753080947,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":50.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c7f3fc8c-c16b-4f32-bdd8-2c021817bef8.jpg?v=1678973960","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-subject-medievalmodern-text-and-governance-in-the-middle-ages-9780804747448","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}