Publication

2016 - Taylor & Francis Group

Language

English

Word Count

54,250 words, Guess

Page Count

217 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCNX449

Description

"Texts of different kinds grant insight into the rich cultural canvas of the Middle Ages: epic poetry, vernacular lyric, and music; liturgical rites and ceremonial manuals; manuscripts, illuminations, modern adaptations and editions, and many more. Adopting a range of disciplinary perspectives--literary studies, liturgical studies, and musicology--this collection of essays reveals the two-fold performative nature of such texts: they document, mediate, or prefigure acts of performance, while at the same time taking on performative roles themselves by generating additional layers of meaning. Focussing on acts, authors, and performative processes of reception, the contributors demonstrate the significance of the performative to the culture and study of the High and Late Middle Ages (c.1000-1500), from troubadour songs and Minnesang to motets, from the biblical figure of Job to Christine de Pizan and Dante, from Scandinavia to Be arn and Imperial Augsburg." --publisher's web page, viewed 2/27/18

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Performing Medieval TextTaylor & Francis Group2016

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