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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144869403321

Autore

Mayer Lauryn S

Titolo

Worlds made flesh : reading medieval manuscript culture / / Lauryn S. Mayer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-87753-X

1-135-87754-8

1-280-29082-X

9786610290826

0-203-50088-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Collana

Studies in medieval history and culture

Disciplina

820.9/358

Soggetti

English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism - Theory, etc

English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism - Theory, etc

English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Criticism, Textual

English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Criticism, Textual

Literature and history - Great Britain - History - To 1500

Transmission of texts - England - History - To 1500

Historiography - Great Britain - History - To 1500

Manuscripts, Medieval - England - Editing

Manuscripts, English (Middle) - Editing

Manuscripts, English (Old) - Editing

Rhetoric, Medieval

Intertextuality

Great Britain History To 1066 Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-168) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1  The Metrical Chronicle Family and Manuscript Practice; CHAPTER 2  The Manuscript Challenge to Ideas of Medieval Nationalism; CHAPTER 3  



The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Manuscript Family and Heroic Poetry; CHAPTER 4  Caxton, Chaucer, and the Creation of an Auctor; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Bibliography; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Lauryn Mayer examines chronicle histories that have been largely ignored by scholars, bringing these neglected texts into dialogue.