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Palimpsests and the literary imagination of medieval England [electronic resource] : collected essays /

by Carruthers, Leo M; Chai-Elsholz, Raeleen; Silec, Tatjana; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)): Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: xx, 267 p. : ill.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): English literature -- History and criticism | English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Sources | English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Sources | English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Sources | Palimpsests | Transmission of texts -- History | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
pt. 1. Permanence and impermanence of writing on the page -- pt. 2. Impermanence and accumulation in the literary imagination.
Summary: "Witnesses to the disappearance of a text, palimpsest manuscripts bear the marks of their own genesis, for their original inscription was rubbed out and written over on the same parchment. Erasure is a prerequisite of reinscription; destruction paves the way for renewal. Thus the palimpsest is an image of the processes of revision and accretion which shape medieval literary production. This collection explores analogies of erasure and rewriting observed in editorial and literary practices underlying the production of texts from medieval England. Whether palimpsests are the primary focus of study or serve as a metaphor for various phenomena of loss and accumulation, all the essays investigate the process of reinscription. "-- Provided by publisher.
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Dedicated to Andr�e Cr�epin on the occasion of his eightieth birthday.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. 1. Permanence and impermanence of writing on the page -- pt. 2. Impermanence and accumulation in the literary imagination.

"Witnesses to the disappearance of a text, palimpsest manuscripts bear the marks of their own genesis, for their original inscription was rubbed out and written over on the same parchment. Erasure is a prerequisite of reinscription; destruction paves the way for renewal. Thus the palimpsest is an image of the processes of revision and accretion which shape medieval literary production. This collection explores analogies of erasure and rewriting observed in editorial and literary practices underlying the production of texts from medieval England. Whether palimpsests are the primary focus of study or serve as a metaphor for various phenomena of loss and accumulation, all the essays investigate the process of reinscription. "-- Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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