Medieval Manuscripts, Readers and Texts

Essays in Honour of Kathryn Kerby-Fulton

Professor Misty Schieberle editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:York Medieval Press

Published:1st Oct '24

Should be back in stock very soon

Medieval Manuscripts, Readers and Texts cover

Examines manuscripts of Langland, Chaucer, Gower, Nicholas Love and Arthurian tales, alongside other devotional works and archival evidence. Professor Kathryn Kerby-Fulton's scholarship has transformed the study of medieval manuscripts and readers, particularly in the areas of devotional literature, professional scribal production and clerical writing. The essays collected here celebrate and reflect her influence and practice of giving careful attention to material contexts and archival sources when reading literature produced in late medieval England. They offer new interpretations of scribal practices, professional readers' activities, documentary evidence and challenging material and cultural contexts. They also reconsider scholarly practices and assumptions, while demonstrating how manuscript and archival studies can energize scholarship on such varied topics as authority, reader reception, modern editorial perspectives, gender and religious activities.

ISBN: 9781914049286

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 536g

306 pages