Palimpsests and the Literary Imagination of Medieval England : Collected Essays /

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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Carruthers, Leo (Editor), Chai-Elsholz, Raeleen (Editor), Silec, Tatjana (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:New Middle Ages.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages)
ISBN:9780230118805
DOI:10.1057/9780230118805