Repurposing Literary Romance Texts in Medieval Manuscripts - Beyond the Author

Transcribing a text within a Medieval manuscript was often not a culturally and ideologically neutral act. The lack of direct control by the authors over the circulation of their works allowed scribes to employ particularly refined strategies aimed at assigning new functions and meanings to these texts.

List of contents

Preface 1. Added Texts and Authorship 2. Miscellaneous manuscripts: project-based repurposing and strategies to guide the reader 3. Manipulating textual morphology Index

About the author

Stefano Resconi is an Associate Professor of Romance Philology and Linguistics at the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. His primary research interests include the comparative study of Medieval Romance lyric traditions - particularly focusing on the manuscript transmission, linguistic contacts, and interferences with other genres - the Italian reception of Medieval French and Provençal literary culture, and the sources of Dante's poetry.

Summary

Transcribing a text within a Medieval manuscript was often not a culturally and ideologically neutral act. The lack of direct control by the authors over the circulation of their works allowed scribes to employ particularly refined strategies aimed at assigning new functions and meanings to these texts.

Product details

• Authors: Stefano Resconi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032743820
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3274382-0
• No. of pages: 110
• Series: Young Feltrinelli Prize in the Moral Sciences
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, History and Archaeology, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval