Orietta Da Rold (University of Cambridge)

Paper in Medieval England

From Pulp to Fictions

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Produktbeschreibung

Detailed analysis of the coming of paper to medieval England, and its influence on the literary and non-literary culture of the period. In this analysis, book production is one of the elements of a wider story. The book considers a wider matrix of historical, economic, social and cultural interrelations and people's networks.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 295
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9781108814287
• ISBN-10: 110881428X
• Artikelnr.: 64829277

Autorenporträt

Dr Orietta Da Rold is Lecturer in Literature and Material Text, 1100 to 1500 at the University of Cambridge. She is the Co-Director (with Elaine Treharne) of the successful AHRC-funded project and e-book, English Manuscripts 1060 to 1220 and is currently editing the Cambridge Companion to British Manuscripts with Elaine Treharne.

Inhaltsangabe

Paper and culture in medieval England: an introduction
1. Paper stories
2. The economics of paper
3. Writing on paper
4. The character of paper and its use in medieval books
5. Paper in the medieval literary imagination
6. Epilogue: the age of paper.