Palimpsests and the Literary Imagination of Medieval England
Collected Essays
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Medieval, Nonfiction, History, British
| Author: | Tatjana Silec, R. Chai-Elsholz, L. Carruthers | ISBN: | 9780230118805 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | April 25, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tatjana Silec, R. Chai-Elsholz, L. Carruthers |
| ISBN: | 9780230118805 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | April 25, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
