Bestsellers and masterpieces
eBook - ePub

Bestsellers and masterpieces

The changing medieval canon

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Bestsellers and masterpieces

The changing medieval canon

About this book

Bestsellers and masterpieces: The changing medieval canon addresses the strange fact that, in both European and Middle Eastern medieval studies, those texts that we now study and teach as the most canonical representations of their era were in fact not popular or even widely read in their day. On the other hand, those texts that were popular, as evidenced by the extant manuscript record, are taught and studied with far less frequency. The book provides cross-cultural insight into both the literary tastes of the medieval period and the literary and political forces behind the creation of the 'modern canon' of medieval literature.

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Yes, you can access Bestsellers and masterpieces by Heather Blurton,Dwight F. Reynolds, Heather Blurton, Dwight F. Reynolds in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Medieval & Early Modern Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. Part Iā€ƒHanging by a thread: unique manuscripts and their place in the ā€˜modernā€™ medieval canon
  11. Part IIā€ƒMedieval bestsellers: reading the ā€˜medieval canonā€™?
  12. Index