Immaterial Texts in Late Medieval England

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Beschreibung

Daniel Wakelin introduces and reinterprets the misunderstood and overlooked craft practices, cultural conventions and literary attitudes involved in making some of the most important manuscripts in late medieval English literature. In doing so he overturns how we view the role of scribes, showing how they ignored or concealed irregular and damaged parchment; ruled pages from habit and convention more than necessity; decorated the division of the text into pages or worried that it would harm reading; abandoned annotations to poetry, focusing on the poem itself; and copied English poems meticulously, in reverence for an abstract idea of the text. Scribes' interest in immaterial ideas and texts suggests their subtle thinking as craftspeople, in ways that contrast and extend current interpretations of late medieval literary culture, 'material texts' and the power of materials. For students, researchers and librarians, this book offers revelatory perspectives on the activities of late medieval scribes.

Über den Autor

Daniel Wakelin is Jeremy Griffiths Professor of Medieval English Palaeography at the University of Oxford. He is the author and editor of books including Scribal Correction and Literary Craft (Cambridge University Press, 2014), and Designing English (2017). He is also joint-winner of the 2015 SHARP De Long Prize in Book History.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Prologue: materials, making and manuscripts; 2. 'Hele alle maner of schabbis': imagining perfect parchment; 3. 'Who by prudence Rule him shal': controlling the layout; 4. 'Þe leef torned': turning beyond the page; 5. 'Rede . . . and ¿e may se': reading plain text; 6. 'This is the copy': reproducing the immaterial; 7. Conclusions: more than materials.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Genre:	Importe , Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781009113311
ISBN-10:	1009113313
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Wakelin, Daniel
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Daniel Wakelin
Erscheinungsdatum:	08.08.2024
Gewicht:	0,441 kg