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Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature: Series Number 97: Shaping the Archive in Late Medieval England: History, Poetry, and Performance
Sarah Novacich
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hardcover. Sarah Elliott Novacich explores the ways in which the plots of sacred history were preserved and repurposed in Medieval English literature. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HBTD; HRC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Sarah Elliott Novacich explores how medieval thinkers pondered the ethics and pleasures of the archive. She traces three episodes of sacred history - the loss of Eden, the loading of Noah's ark, and the Harrowing of Hell - across works of poetry, performance records, and iconography in order to demonstrate how medieval artists turned to sacred history to think through aspects of cultural transmission. Performances of the loss of Eden blur the relationship between original and record; stories of Noah's ark foreground the difficulty of compiling inventories; and engagements with the Harrowing of Hell suggest the impossibility of separating the ... Read more
Sarah Elliott Novacich explores how medieval thinkers pondered the ethics and pleasures of the archive. She traces three episodes of sacred history - the loss of Eden, the loading of Noah's ark, and the Harrowing of Hell - across works of poetry, performance records, and iconography in order to demonstrate how medieval artists turned to sacred history to think through aspects of cultural transmission. Performances of the loss of Eden blur the relationship between original and record; stories of Noah's ark foreground the difficulty of compiling inventories; and engagements with the Harrowing of Hell suggest the impossibility of separating the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107177055
SKU
V9781107177055
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About Sarah Novacich
Sarah Elliott Novacich is an assistant professor at Rutgers University, New Jersey, where she specializes in medieval literature. Her research interests include poetry, drama, gender studies, and visual culture.
Reviews for Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature: Series Number 97: Shaping the Archive in Late Medieval England: History, Poetry, and Performance
'The examples she [Novacich] chooses out of representations of sacred history in drama and poetry offer an elegant case study of how literature might explicate a historical crisis, providing a brilliant argument for even greater exchange between fields in the humanities.' Hannah Leah Crumme, Renaissance Quarterly 'The examples she [Novacich] chooses out of representations of sacred history in drama and ... Read more