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The Art of Allusion : Illuminators and the Making of English Literature, 1403-1476 / Sonja Drimmer.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drimmer, Sonja, Author.
- Series:
- Material texts.
- Material Texts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--England.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, English--15th century.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, English.
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- England.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Featuring more than one hundred illustrations, 27 of them in color, The Art of Allusion amply exhibits the critical role book artists played in the formation of the English literary canon.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Part I Illuminators; Chapter 1 The Illuminators of London; Part II Authors; Chapter 2 Chaucer's Manicule; Chapter 3 Gower in Humilitatio; Chapter 4 Lydgate ex Voto; Part III Histories; Chapter 5 History in the Making: Lydgate's Troy Book; Chapter 6 History's Hall of Mirrors: Gower's Confessio Amantis; Epilogue Chaucer's Missing Histories; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780812295382
- 0812295382
- OCLC:
- 1107747142
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