... complications of early-fourteenth-century theological and political controversies and philosophical debates over nominalism. He further perplexes ordinary readers with the linguistic challenges of numerous snatches of classical and medieval Latin, French, and German, not to mention the peculiar polyglot speech of one of the characters. As he remarks, he gives his audience ... , "Latin, practically no women, [and] lots of theology," partially rewarding their attention by also providing "gallons of blood in Grand Guignol style" (Eco, 1983). The late-fourteenth-century manuscript in The .....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate