Introducing English Medieval Book History: Manuscripts, their Producers and thei

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Introducing English Medieval Book History by Ralph Hanna This book is the first to address medieval book history for graduate students of medieval English literature. Ralph Hanna presents a history of the English medieval book through a series of examples centred on carefully chosen texts and their physical and cultural surrounds. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book offers an introduction to medieval English book-history through a sequence of exemplary analyses of commonplace book-historical problems. Rather than focus on bibliographical particulars, the volume considers a variety of ways in which scholars use manuscripts to discuss book culture, and it provides a wide-ranging introductory bibliography to aid in the study. All the essays try to suggest how the study of surviving medieval books might be useful in considering medieval literary culture more generally. Subjects covered include authorship, genre, discontinuous production, scribal individuality and community, the history of libraries and the history of book provenance. Author Biography Ralph Hanna is Professor of Palaeography (Emeritus) and Emeritus Fellow at Keble College, Oxford. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow, former Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute (Harvard University), and winner of the British Academy Sir Israel Gollancz Prize for English Language 2015. His many books with Liverpool University Press include Robert Holcot, exegete (2021), Malachy the Irishman, On Poison (2020), Richard Rolle: Unprinted Latin Writings (2019) and Editing Medieval Texts (2015). Table of Contents IllustrationsAbbreviationsIntroductionAcknowledgementsOn the reproductions1. Texts and their books: the case of Beowulf2. Medieval authors and texts: the Middle English BenjaminAppendix: The manuscripts of Benjamin3. The history of a book: Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson C.2854. Shared exemplars: British Library, MS Cotton Galba E.ix and its relations5. Scribal oeuvres: Chaucers Scribe and his Canterbury Tales6. A book contract and its set text: John Forbors PsalterAppendix: The Slaithwaite indenture: a transcription, translation and notes7. Provenances: some medieval librariesAppendix: Selections from medieval booklistsJohn Erghome (OESA of York)Thomas of Woodstock, duke of GloucesterThe lord WellesIndex of manuscripts citedIndex of scholars cited Review Scholarship in this work is superb. Quotations, translations, bibliography are spot on. Professor Hannas lifetime of intelligent work in the field glows at all points of discussion. This is a first-rate book from a scholar at the forefront of palaeographical and bibliographical study; it will have a wide readership. It will be an excellent partner for the recent Owen-Crocker volume Working with Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts (2009, HB 9780859898409, PB 9780859898416). This handsome volume teaches far more than the facts of book history, manuscript culture, and Middle English Literature. It is a model of how to sleuth, how to think critically, how to enter into a detective mindset in which every implicit assumption of knowledge [is] teased out, queried and productively qualified (p. xi). Promotional The first book to provide a true introduction to book history as opposed to confining itself to the narrower concerns of palaeographically oriented studies. Combines work on seminal texts, such as Beowulf, with new analyses of less established texts. By suggesting worthwhile research topics to suit a range of book-history interests, Hanna engages constructively with the student-reader. Review Quote "This is a first-rate book from a scholar at the forefront of palaeographical and bibliographical study; it will have a wide readership. It will be an excellent partner for the recent Owen-Crocker volume Working with Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts."--Series Editors "Scholarship in this work is superb. Quotations, translations, bibliography are spot on. Professor Hannas lifetime of intelligent work in the field glows at all points of discussion."--MS Referee "... this volume is testament to Hannas erudition and knowledge as a book-history scholar, and careful, repeated reading will repay the reader with numerous insights into the key questions of book history and how to do it."--Library "This handsome volume teaches far more than the facts of book history, manuscript culture, and Middle English Literature. It is a model of how to sleuth, how to think critically, how to enter into a detective mindset in which every implicit assumption of knowledge [is] teased out, queried and productively qualified (p. xi)." --Archiv fr das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen Feature Market/readership: The book has been set out to teach first-year graduates. But it is within the intellectual reach of final-year undergraduates. At the same time, given the breadth of the filed, its individual chapters often make scholarly interventions. It will be perfectly fit for use as a textbook in a range of graduate context, but will also be a useful volume for scholars, primarily those just venturing into the field, but with gleanings for established scholars with interests in medieval book-production Description for Sales People The first book to provide a true introduction to book history as opposed to confining itself to the narrower concerns of palaeographically oriented studies.Combines work on seminal texts, such as Beowulf, with new analyses of less established texts.By suggesting worthwhile research topics to suit a range of book-history interests, Hanna engages constructively with the student-reader. Details ISBN0859898717 Author Ralph Hanna Pages 240 Series Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies Year 2013 ISBN-10 0859898717 ISBN-13 9780859898713 Format Hardcover Imprint University of Exeter Press Place of Publication Exeter Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 002.09420902 Short Title INTRODUCING ENGLISH MEDIEVAL B Language English Media Book Publisher Liverpool University Press Illustrations 40 black & white illustrations Subtitle Manuscripts, their Producers and their Readers Publication Date 2013-07-10 AU Release Date 2013-07-10 NZ Release Date 2013-07-10 UK Release Date 2013-07-10 Alternative 9781781381281 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! 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