From parchment to cyberspace : medieval literature in the digital age / Stephen G. Nichols.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, Stephen G., author.

Series:

Medieval interventions : new light on traditional thinking ; vol. 2.

Medieval interventions : new light on traditional thinking ; vol. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Medieval--Criticism, Textual.

Literature, Medieval.

Criticism, Textual.

Criticism, Textual--Data processing.

Manuscripts, Medieval--Digitization.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Digital humanities.

Manuscripts, Medieval--History.

History.

Transmission of texts--History.

Transmission of texts.

Codicology.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 244 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2016]

Summary:

From Parchment to Cyberspace argues the case for studying high-resolution digital images of original manuscripts to analyze medieval literature. By presenting a rigorous philosophical argument for the authenticity of such images (a point disputed by digital skeptics) the book illustrates how digitization offers scholars innovative methods for comparing manuscripts of vernacular literature-such as The Romance of the Rose or texts by Christine de Pizan-that reveal aspects of medieval culture crucial to understanding the period. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : why I wrote this book

Technologies of the medieval book: the manuscript matrix. What is a manuscript culture?

Materiality and mimesis : anatomy of an illusion

No fool of time : the paradox of manuscript transmission

Technologies of manuscript knowledge: how we read now in the digital middle ages. The work of reading

Variance and/as dynamic reading

Synoptic reading : medieval manuscripts as text networks

Epilogue : digital humanities and contemporary critical theory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781433129636

1433129639

OCLC:

947953644

Publisher Number:

99968949096