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Print culture and the medieval author : Chaucer, Lydgate, and their books 1473-1557 /
Alexandra Gillespie takes a new look at hundreds of neglected old books containing works by Chaucer, the 'father' of English poetry, and his much-maligned follower, John Lydgate. She demonstrates that the shift from manuscript to print was part of the controversial process by which Chaucer...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, UK ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Oxford English monographs.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Alexandra Gillespie takes a new look at hundreds of neglected old books containing works by Chaucer, the 'father' of English poetry, and his much-maligned follower, John Lydgate. She demonstrates that the shift from manuscript to print was part of the controversial process by which Chaucer earned his exclusive place in English literary history. - ;Print Culture and the Medieval Author is a book about books. Examining hundreds of early printed books and their late medieval analogues, Alexandra Gillespie writes a bibliographical history of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer and his follower John Lydgate. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 281 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-263) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781429460224 1429460229 9780191514654 0191514659 1280759186 9781280759185 |