"A York Medieval Press publication in association with The Boydell Press, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ... and with the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York"--Title-page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-240) and indexes.
Contents:
Auchinleck 'Scribe 6' and some corollary Issues / Ralph Hanna. Codicology and translation in the early sections of the Auchinleck Manuscript / A.S.G. Edwards -- The Auchinleck Adam and Eve: an exemplary family story / Cathy Hume -- A failure to communicate: multilingualism in the prologue to Of Arthour and of Merlin / Patrick Butler -- Scribe 3's literary project: pedagogies of reading in Auchinleck's Booklet 3 / Emily Runde -- Absent presence: Auchinleck and Kyng Alisaunder / Venetia Bridges -- Sir Tristrem, a few fragments and the northern identity of the Auchinleck Manuscript / Ann Higgins -- The invention of King Richard / Marisa Libbon -- Auchinleck and Chaucer / Helen Phillips -- Endings in the Auchinleck Manuscript / Siobhain Bly Calkin -- Paraphs, piecework and presentation: the production methods of Auchinleck Revisited / Timothy A. Shonk -- Scribal corrections in the Auchinleck Manuscript / Miceal F. Vaughan -- Auchinleck 'Scribe 6' and some corollary Issues / Ralph Hanna.
Summary:
"The essays in this collection define the parameters of present-day Auchinleck studies. They scrutinize the manuscript's rich and varied contents; reopen theories and controversies regarding the book's making; trace the operations and interworkings of the scribes, compiler, and illuminators; tease out matters of patron and audience; interpret the contested signs of linguistic and national identity; and assess Auchinleck's implied literary values beside those of Chaucer. Geography, politics, international relations and multilingualism become pressing subjects, too, alongside critical analyses of literary substance." --back cover.
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