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Language, Lineage and Location in the Works of Osbern Bokenham.

This is the first book-length study to consider the works of Osbern Bokenham in the light of the discovery of his long-lost magnum opus, the so-called Abbotsford Legenda Aurea, in 2004. Bokenham is an author who, throughout his oeuvre, never tires of stressing his own marginality, historically (as t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spencer, Alice
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This is the first book-length study to consider the works of Osbern Bokenham in the light of the discovery of his long-lost magnum opus, the so-called Abbotsford Legenda Aurea, in 2004. Bokenham is an author who, throughout his oeuvre, never tires of stressing his own marginality, historically (as the belated, inferior son of greater poets) and geographically (as an Englishman writing in the vernacular). Notwithstanding this, he negotiates with the very spatial and temporal perspectives which ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (142 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443845373
144384537X