Middle English Book - Scribes and Readers, 1350-1500

A new account of Middle English book production and circulation that analyzes 202 literary manuscripts from late medieval England (1350-1500) to show how the production of documents underscored the wide availability of literary copying.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Nomenclature


• 2: The Elaborate Book


• 3: The Streamlined Book


• 4: The Evolving Book


• 5: The D. I. Y. Book


• 6: The Proliferation of Scribes, I


• 7: The Proliferation of Scribes, II


• Conclusion


• Coda


• Appendix: The Manuscripts in My Corpus

About the author

Michael Johnston earned a BA in English and Religious Studies from John Carroll University in 2000, a M.Litt. in Mediaeval English from the University of St Andrews in 2002, and a PhD from Ohio State University in 2007. He is Associate Professor of English at Purdue University and he researches and teaches about literature and culture in late medieval England, with a specialization in the history of the book and Piers Plowman.

Summary

A new account of Middle English book production and circulation that analyzes 202 literary manuscripts from late medieval England (1350-1500) to show how the production of documents underscored the wide availability of literary copying.

Additional text

The Middle English Book provides a thoughtful framework for the broader study of medieval manuscripts.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Johnston, Prof Michael (Associate Professor of Eng Johnston
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.08.2023
• EAN: 9780192871770
• ISBN: 978-0-19-287177-0
• No. of pages: 306
• Series: Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval