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Talk and textual production in medieval England /

"Using the medieval accounts of Richard the Lionheart's life and stories of Charlemagne, Roland, John de Warenne, and other figures, Libbon argues that public talk was a collaborative mechanism that produced texts and that it was a fundamental context for those texts' transmission and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Libbon, Marisa (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2021]
Series:Interventions: new studies in medieval culture.
Subjects:
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Criticism, Textual.
Public speaking.
Conversation > History.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Conversation.
English literature > Middle English.
1100-1500
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Summary:"Using the medieval accounts of Richard the Lionheart's life and stories of Charlemagne, Roland, John de Warenne, and other figures, Libbon argues that public talk was a collaborative mechanism that produced texts and that it was a fundamental context for those texts' transmission and reception"--
Physical Description:xvii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-235) and index.
ISBN:9780814214701
0814214703