Pursuing history
Middle English manuscripts and their texts
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Author
Publication
1996 - Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif, California
Language
English
Word Count
90,500 words, Guess
Page Count
362 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL790349M
- ISBN-100804726132
- OCLC Control Number32746354
- OCLC Control Numberpursuinghistorym0000hann
- Library of Congress Control Number95022805
and 2 more
- LibraryThing1287465
- Goodreads4403673
Classifications
- DDC820.9/001
- LCCPR275.T45 H36 1996
Description
This volume argues through a series of selected local studies, for the importance of "textual criticism" as a fundamental act of historical interpretation and recovery, pointing out the need for attention to the physical bearers of our knowledge of the English Middle Ages, the books themselves, and the ignored and alienating features of manuscript culture. The book begins with three essays that seek to problematize medieval book production, to show the procedure as more a fluid and emergent than a foreplanned process. The following two essays provide theoretical statements about the textual uses of manuscripts.
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