| Documentary Culture and the Making of Medieval English Literature Contributor(s): Steiner, Emily (Author) |
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ISBN: 052111053X ISBN-13: 9780521110532 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2009 Annotation: Emily Steiner describes the rich intersections between legal documents and English literature in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 820.900 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6" W x 9" (0.94 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Emily Steiner describes the rich intersection between legal documents and English literature in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. She argues that documentary culture (including charters, testaments, patents and seals) enabled writers to think in new ways about the conditions of textual production in late Medieval England. |
Contributor Bio(s): Steiner, Emily: - Emily Steiner is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the editor (with Candace Barrington) of The Letter of the Law: Legal Practice and Literary Production in Late Medieval England (2002). |