Scribal correction and literary craft : English manuscripts 1375-1510 / Daniel Wakelin.
"This extensive survey of scribal correction in English manuscripts explores what correcting reveals about attitudes to books, language and literature in late medieval England. Daniel Wakelin surveys a range of manuscripts and genres, but focuses especially on poems by Chaucer, Hoccleve and Lyd...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Note on transcriptions; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I Contexts; 2 Inviting correction; 3 Copying, varying and correcting; 4 People and institutions; Part II Craft; 5 Techniques; 6 Accuracy; 7 Writing well; Part III Literary criticism; 8 Diction, tone and style; 9 Form; 10 Completeness; Part IV Implications; 11 Authorship; 12 Conclusion: varying, correcting and critical thinking; Bibliography; Index of manuscripts; General index.