Scribal correction and literary craft : English manuscripts 1375-1510 /

"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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Main Author: Wakelin, Daniel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Series:Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 91.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Contexts -- Inviting correction -- Copying, varying and correcting -- People and institutions -- Craft -- Techniques -- Accuracy -- Writing well -- Literary criticism -- Diction, tone and style -- Form -- Completeness -- Implications -- Authorship -- Conclusion: varying, correcting and critical thinking. 
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