Aspects of the performative in medieval culture /
The volume assesses performative structures within a variety of medieval forms of textuality, from vernacular literature to records of parliamentary proceedings, from prayer books to musical composition. Three issues are central to the volume: the role of ritual speech acts; the way in which authors...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Berlin ; New York :
De Gruyter,
[2010]
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| Series: | Trends in medieval philology ;
v. 18. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The volume assesses performative structures within a variety of medieval forms of textuality, from vernacular literature to records of parliamentary proceedings, from prayer books to musical composition. Three issues are central to the volume: the role of ritual speech acts; the way in which authorship can be seen as created within medieval texts rather than as a given category; finally, phenomena of voice, created and situated between citation and repetition, especially in forms which appropriate and transform literary tradition. The volume encompasses articles by historians and musicologists as well as literary scholars. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 319 pages ). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1282716042 9781282716049 9786612716041 6612716045 3110222477 9783110222470 |
| ISSN: | 1612-443X ; |