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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wakelin, Daniel (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Series:	Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 91.
Subjects:	English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism. Manuscripts, Medieval > England > History. Transmission of texts. Literature, Medieval > Criticism, Textual. England > Intellectual life > 1066-1485. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English literature > Middle English. Intellectual life. Literature, Medieval. Manuscripts, Medieval. England. 1066 - 1500 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
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Table of Contents:

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.