Memorization in the Transmission of the Middle English Romances

ISBN-13: 9780367189921 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 150 str.

Murray McGillivray

Opis

Originally published in 1990, Memorization in the Transmission of the Middle English Romances tackles the long-standing issue of the role of memorization in the transmission of Middle English romances.

Spis treści

General Editor’s Foreword

Introduction

1. The Oral Theory and Textual Variation

2. Identifying Memorized Texts

3. Primary Evidence of Memorization

4. Other Effects of Memorization

Conclusion: The Minstrels and the Romances

Appendix: Manuscripts and Stemmata

O autorze

Murray McGillivray