speculum-literature

See also: speculum literature and Speculum literature

English

Noun

speculum-literature or (rare) speculum-literature (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of speculum literature.
   • 1871, A[ntonius] van der Linde, translated by J[an] H[endrik] Hessels, “Speculum nostræ Salutis”, in The Haarlem Legend of the Invention of Printing by Lourens Janszoon Coster, Critically Examined […], London: Blades, East, & Blades, […], page 84:

     This speculum-literature did, of course, not disappear at once in the 16th century.

   • 2006, Rhoda Schnur, Perrine Galand-Hallyn, editors, Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Bonnensis: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies, Bonn, 3–9 August, 2003, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, →ISBN, page 159:

     In this medieval tradition this science’s ethical-political function was emphasised; thus it became part of speculum-literature.

   • 2007, Cordula Politis, The Individualization of Fortune in the Sixteenth-Century Novels of Jorg Wickram: The Beginnings of the Modern Narrative in German Literature, Lewiston, N.Y., Queenston, Ont., Lampeter, Ceredigion: The Edwin Mellen Press, →ISBN, page 86:

     This evokes the medieval tradition of speculum-literature with its strong didactic slant.