Medieval Manuscripts, Readers and Texts
Essays in Honour of Kathryn Kerby-Fulton
With Amanda Bohne Contributions by Dr Sarah Baechle, Christopher Cannon, Sian Echard, Dr Karrie Fuller, Dr Thomas Goodmann, Andrew Klein, Linne R Mooney, Barbara Newman, Professor Misty Schieberle, James Simpson, Jeremy J Smith, Professor John J Thompson, Rosalynn Voaden, Jocelyn Wogan-Browne Edited by Professor Misty Schieberle
Publication date:
01 October 2024Length of book:
352 pagesPublisher
York Medieval PressDimensions:
234x156mmISBN-13: 9781805434290
Examines manuscripts of Langland, Chaucer, Gower, Nicholas Love and Arthurian tales, alongside other devotional works and archival evidence.
Professor Kathryn Kerby-Fulton's scholarship has transformed the study of medieval manuscripts and readers, particularly in the areas of devotional literature, professional scribal production and clerical writing. The essays collected here celebrate and reflect her influence and practice of giving careful attention to material contexts and archival sources when reading literature produced in late medieval England. They offer new interpretations of scribal practices, professional readers' activities, documentary evidence and challenging material and cultural contexts. They also reconsider scholarly practices and assumptions, while demonstrating how manuscript and archival studies can energize scholarship on such varied topics as authority, reader reception, modern editorial perspectives, gender and religious activities.
Professor Kathryn Kerby-Fulton's scholarship has transformed the study of medieval manuscripts and readers, particularly in the areas of devotional literature, professional scribal production and clerical writing. The essays collected here celebrate and reflect her influence and practice of giving careful attention to material contexts and archival sources when reading literature produced in late medieval England. They offer new interpretations of scribal practices, professional readers' activities, documentary evidence and challenging material and cultural contexts. They also reconsider scholarly practices and assumptions, while demonstrating how manuscript and archival studies can energize scholarship on such varied topics as authority, reader reception, modern editorial perspectives, gender and religious activities.