Palimpsests and the Literary Imagination of Medieval England Collected Essays |
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| Author:
| Chai-Elsholz, Raeleen
Silec, Tatjana |
| Editor:
| Carruthers, Leo
Chai-Elsholz, Raeleen |
| Series title: | The New Middle Ages Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-230-10026-8 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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Witnesses to the disappearance of a text, palimpsest manuscripts bear the marks of their own genesis, with their original inscription rubbed out and written over on the same parchment. This collection explores analogies of erasure and rewriting observed in editorial and literary practices underlying the production of texts from medieval England.
Witnesses to the disappearance of a text, palimpsest manuscripts bear the marks of their own genesis, with their original inscription rubbed out and written over on the same parchment. This collection explores analogies of erasure and rewriting observed in editorial and literary practices underlying the production of texts from medieval England.