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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157838103321

Autore

Griffiths Jane

Titolo

Diverting authorities : experimental glossing practices in manuscript and print / / Jane Griffiths [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-178943-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

091

Soggetti

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscript design - History

English literature - History and criticism

Printing - Great Britain - History

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Material processes : the glossing of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes and Fall of princes -- Authors, translators, and commentators : glossing practices in Bodleian MS Fairfax 16 -- Exhortations to the reader : the double glossing of Douglas' Eneados -- Glossing the spoken word : Erasmus' Moriae encomium and Chaloner's Praise of folie -- A broil of voices : the printed word in Baldwin's Beware the cat and Bullein's Dialogue against the fever pestilence -- 'Masking naked in a net' : author and text in the works of Gascoigne and Harington -- 'Playing the dolt in print' : the extemporary glossing of Nashe's Pierce Penilesse his supplication to the devil.

Sommario/riassunto

'Diverting Authorities' examines literary experimentation in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It looks at marginal annotations or 'glosses' provided by authors in a wide range of texts and argues that they provide important evidence for evolving ideas of authorship and literary authority.