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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, 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."--

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  • ""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."--"@en
  • ""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."
  • "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."

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Sources"
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  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
  • "Elektronisches Buch"
  • "Aufsatzsammlung"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"

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  • "Palimpsests and the literary imagination of medieval England : Collected essays"
  • "Palimpsests and the literary imagination of medieval England : collected essays"@en
  • "Palimpsests and the literary imagination of medieval England : collected essays"
  • "Palimpsests and the Literary Imagination of Medieval England : Collected Essays"
  • "Palimpsests and the literary imagination of medieval England collected essays"@en
  • "Palimpsests and the literary imagination of medieval England collected essays"
  • "Palimpsests and the literary imagination of medieval England Collected essays"@en
  • "Palimpsests and the Literary Imagination of Medieval England"

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