This volume brings together a variety of studies, some reprinted, some new; all are devoted to the literate culture of the English later Middle Ages. The studies hover about four foci: normative English polylingualism (across three grammatically distinct languages); the messiness and discontinuities of medieval manuscript production; drawing conclusions about historical audiences/literary communities on the basis of book-evidence; and finally, the Middle English poem Piers Plowman. In general, although all the essays here arrive at broad conclusions, their point is other. The essays exemplify methods of study, the identification of problems and the recognition of tools appropriate or helpful in addressing them. Perhaps particularly the volume gestures toward a range of skills appropriate for the task; these range from narrow observation of book-production techniques to bringing a local historical record to bear on an individual volume or group of them.
| ISBN: | 9781789628081 |
| Publication date: | 1st November 2020 |
| Author: | Ralph Hanna |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Ancient, classical and medieval texts |
This volume brings together a variety of studies, some reprinted, some new; all are devoted to the literate culture of the English later Middle Ages. The studies hover about four foci: normative English polylingualism (across three grammatically distinct languages); the messiness and discontinuities of medieval manuscript production; drawing conclusions about historical audiences/literary communities on the basis of book-evidence; and finally, the Middle English poem Piers Plowman. In general, although all the essays here arrive at broad conclusions, their point is other. The essays exemplify methods of study, the identification of problems and the recognition of tools appropriate or helpful in addressing them. Perhaps particularly the volume gestures toward a range of skills appropriate for the task; these range from narrow observation of book-production techniques to bringing a local historical record to bear on an individual volume or group of them.
Patient Reading/reading Patience features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient, classical and medieval texts
Patient Reading/reading Patience is available in Paperback, Hardback
Patient Reading/reading Patience was written by Ralph Hanna and published by Liverpool University Press
Patient Reading/reading Patience has 384 pages
Yes it is part of Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies series