Scribal correction and literary craft : English manuscripts 1375-1510 /

"This extensive survey of scribal correction in English manuscripts explores what correcting reveals about attitudes to books, language and literature in late medieval England. Daniel Wakelin surveys a range of manuscripts and genres, but focuses especially on poems by Chaucer, Hoccleve and Lyd...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wakelin, Daniel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Colección:Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 91.
Temas:
1066-1500
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Manuscripts, Medieval > England > History.
Transmission of texts.
Literature, Medieval > Criticism, Textual.
Littérature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Manuscrits médiévaux > Angleterre > Histoire.
Transmission de textes.
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES > General.
English literature > Middle English.
Intellectual life.
Literature, Medieval.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
England > Intellectual life > 1066-1485.
Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 1066-1485.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Note on transcriptions; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I Contexts; 2 Inviting correction; 3 Copying, varying and correcting; 4 People and institutions; Part II Craft; 5 Techniques; 6 Accuracy; 7 Writing well; Part III Literary criticism; 8 Diction, tone and style; 9 Form; 10 Completeness; Part IV Implications; 11 Authorship; 12 Conclusion: varying, correcting and critical thinking; Bibliography; Index of manuscripts; General index.

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