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11%OFFMark C. Amodio - Writing the Oral Tradition: Oral Poetics and Literate Culture in Medieval England (ND Poetics of Orality and Literacy) - 9780268020248 - V9780268020248
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Writing the Oral Tradition: Oral Poetics and Literate Culture in Medieval England (ND Poetics of Orality and Literacy)

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Description for Writing the Oral Tradition: Oral Poetics and Literate Culture in Medieval England (ND Poetics of Orality and Literacy) Paperback. Focuses on the influence of the oral tradition on written vernacular verse in England from the 5th to the 15th century. The book explores how a living tradition articulated through the public, performance voices of pre-literate singers found expression through the pens of private, literate authors. Series: Poetics of Orality & Literacy S. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.

Mark Amodio’s book focuses on the influence of the oral tradition on written vernacular verse produced in England from the fifth to the fifteenth century. His primary aim is to explore how a living tradition articulated only through the public, performance voices of pre-literate singers came to find expression through the pens of private, literate authors. Amodio argues that the expressive economy of oral poetics survives in written texts because, throughout the Middle Ages, literacy and orality were interdependent, not competing, cultural forces.

After delving into the background of the medieval oral-literate matrix, Writing the Oral Tradition develops a model ... Read more

Writing the Oral Tradition will appeal to specialists and students interested in medieval literature, medieval cultural studies, and oral theory.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Series
Poetics of Orality & Literacy S.
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268020248
SKU
V9780268020248
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Mark C. Amodio
Mark C. Amodio is professor of English at Vassar College.

Reviews for Writing the Oral Tradition: Oral Poetics and Literate Culture in Medieval England (ND Poetics of Orality and Literacy)
"In this exceptionally fine book, Amodio examines the process by which oral poetic performance interacted with written vernacular poetry in the English medieval tradition. . . . This closely argued and very detailed book examines a wide variety of texts—some well known to students of medieval literature, others less familiar—and considers technical issues of metrics and lexemes and broader issues ... Read more

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