Harley manuscript geographies : literary history and the medieval miscellany / Daniel Birkholz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birkholz, Daniel, 1967- author.

Series:

Manchester medieval literature and culture ; 35.

Manchester medieval literature and culture ; 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British Library--Manuscript--Harley 2253.

British Library.

English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.

English literature.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern--England--History and criticism.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern.

Anglo-Norman literature--History and criticism.

Anglo-Norman literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 327 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This first-ever monograph on the celebrated medieval miscellany Harley 2253 (c. 1340) uses methods derived from cultural geography to revise prevailing understandings of English literary history. The Harley manuscript's extraordinary diversity of texts has a counterpart in the monograph's topical range and flexibility of approach.

Contents:

Introduction: Harley manuscript geographies

1. Harley lyrics and Hereford clerics: the implications of mobility

2. Captives among us: Harley 2253 and the Jews of medieval Hereford

3. <i>Histoire imparfaite</i>: the counterfactual lessons of <i>Gilote et Johane</i>

4. Dying with Harley 2253: last lyric things

Epilogue: ye goon to...Hereford? Regional devotion and England's <i>other</i> St Thomas

Appendix: Harley Manuscript contents

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

MUP 2020 titles.

Made available via: manchesterhive.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 24, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526140418

1526140411

OCLC:

1154177039