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Kathry Kerby-Fulton - New Directions in Medieval Manuscript Studies and Reading Practices: Essays in Honor of Derek Pearsall - 9780268033279 - V9780268033279
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New Directions in Medieval Manuscript Studies and Reading Practices: Essays in Honor of Derek Pearsall

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Description for New Directions in Medieval Manuscript Studies and Reading Practices: Essays in Honor of Derek Pearsall Hardcover. Editor(s): Kerby-Fulton, Kathryn; Thompson, John J.; Baechle, Sarah. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1043.

This volume gathers the contributions of senior and junior scholars—all indebted to the pathbreaking work of Derek Pearsall—to showcase new research prompted by his rich and ongoing legacy as a literary critic, editor, and seminal founder of Middle English manuscript studies. The contributors aim both to honor Pearsall’s work in the field he established and to introduce the complexities of interdisciplinary manuscript studies to students already familiar with medieval literature.

The contributors explore a range of issues, from the study of medieval literary manuscripts to the history of medieval books, libraries, literacy, censorship, and the social classes who used ... Read more

Contributors: Sarah Baechle, Julia Boffey, Peter Brown, Katie Ann-Marie Bugyis, Christopher Cannon, A. I. Doyle, Martha W. Driver, Siân Echard, Nicole Eddy, A. S. G. Edwards, Hilary E. Fox, Karrie Fuller, Maura Giles-Watson, Phillipa Hardman, Kathryn Kerby-Fulton, Jill Mann, William Marx, Sarah McNamer, Carol M. Meale, Linne Mooney, Melinda Nielsen, Theresa O’Byrne, Stephen Partridge, Oliver Pickering, Susan Powell, Elizabeth Scala, A. C. Spearing, John J. Thompson, Edward Wheatley, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Hannah Zdansky, Nicolette Zeeman.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
574
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268033279
SKU
V9780268033279
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About Kathry Kerby-Fulton
Kathryn Kerby-Fulton is professor emerita of English at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author and editor of a number of books, including Books under Suspicion: Censorship and Tolerance of Revelatory Writing in Late Medieval England (University of Notre Dame Press, 2006).

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"New Directions in Medieval Manuscript Studies and Reading Practices marks the heritage of the distinguished scholar Derek Pearsall while highlighting his continuing influence on medieval manuscript studies. Buoyed by fine work of senior scholars, the collection also introduces readers to stimulating work by an upcoming generation of more recent practitioners, all of whom address crucial issues in the field: the ... Read more

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