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
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