Playing the Canterbury tales : the continuations and additions / Andrew Higl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higl, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales.

Chaucer, Geoffrey.

English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700.

English poetry.

Manuscripts, English (Middle).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Playing the Canterbury Tales addresses the additions, continuations and reordering found in early copies of the Canterbury Tales. Using examples and theories from new media studies, Higl demonstrates that the Tales are best viewed as an 'interactive fiction.' Readers participated in the on-going creation and production of the tales by adding new text, rearranging existing text, and through this textual transmission, introduced new social and literary meaning to the work.

Contents:

Introduction

Reclaiming the "spurious" and "apocryphal"

Thresholds to the tales

The many John Lydgates in the world of the tales

Movable parts in Northumberland MS 455

Geoffrey's games in the Tale of Beryn

Playing games with the Plowmen

Answering the riddle of the Cook's tale

Conclusion.

Notes:

"First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4094-7913-7

1-317-07984-1

1-315-60083-8

1-317-07983-3

1-283-36766-1

9786613367662

1-4094-2729-3

9781315600833

OCLC:

764478689