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Performing Medieval Text
Contributor(s): Hope, Henry (Author), Butterfield, Ardis (Author), Soleau, Pauline (Author)
ISBN: 1910887137     ISBN-13: 9781910887134
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $104.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Medieval
- History | Europe - Medieval
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
Dewey: 700.902
LCCN: 2017471356
Series: Legenda
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.57 lbs) 230 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
 
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This is an insight into the rich cultural canvas of the Middle Ages is granted by a host of texts: liturgical manuals; manuscripts of epic poetry, vernacular lyric, and music; paintings, and many more. Adopting a wide range of disciplinary perspectives-literary studies, liturgical studies, iconography, and musicology - this collection of essays reveals the two-fold performative nature of such texts: they document, mediate, or prefigure acts of performance, while at the same time taking on performative roles themselves by generating additional layers of meaning. Focussing on acts, authors, and receptive processes of performance, the authors demonstrate the significance of the performative to the culture of the High and Late Middle Ages (c.1000-1500), from chant to Chaucer, from Scandinavia to Imperial Augsburg.