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Immaterial texts in late medieval England : making English literary manuscripts, 1400-1500 / Daniel Wakelin.
Van Pelt Library Z106.5.G72 E549 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wakelin, Daniel, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manuscripts, Medieval--England.
- Manuscripts, Medieval.
- Manuscript design--England--History--To 1500.
- Manuscript design.
- Book industries and trade--England--History--To 1500.
- Book industries and trade.
- Books--England--History--400-1450.
- Books.
- Books--England--History--1450-1600.
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--Manuscripts.
- English literature.
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--Criticism, Textual.
- Scribes--England.
- Scribes.
- Transmission of texts--England.
- Transmission of texts.
- English literature--Middle English.
- English literature--Middle English--Manuscripts.
- England.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York , NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 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. `Pe leef torned': Turning beyond the Page
- 5. `Rede... and 3e may se': Reading Plain Text
- 6. `This is the copy': Reproducing the Immaterial
- 7. Conclusions: More than Materials.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wakelin, Daniel, 1977- Immaterial texts in late medieval England
- ISBN:
- 9781009100588
- 1009100580
- 9781009113311
- 1009113313
- OCLC:
- 1281654261
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