Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewAs challenging as it is to imagine how an educated cleric or wealthy lay person in the early Middle Ages would have understood a letter (especially one from God), it is even harder to understand why letters would have so captured the imagination of people who might never have produced, sent, or received letters themselves. In Epistolary Acts, Jordan Zweck examines the presentation of letters in early medieval vernacular literature, including hagiography, prose romance, poetry, and sermons on letters from heaven, moving beyond traditional genre study to offer a radically new way of conceptualizing Anglo-Saxon epistolarity. Zweck argues that what makes early medieval English epistolarity unique is the performance of what she calls ""epistolary acts,"" the moments when authors represent or embed letters within vernacular texts. The book contributes to a growing interest in the intersections between medieval studies and media studies, blending traditional book history and manuscript studies with affect theory, media studies, and archive studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jordan ZweckPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9781487501006ISBN 10: 1487501005 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 16 February 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsWhile Old English letters have been largely neglected in the past as being of marginal literary interest and relevance, Zweck demonstrates that epistolarity was deeply engaging to Anglo-Saxon authors and audiences, even those who may not have produced or received letters themselves. It is to be hoped that this book will stimulate further interest in Anglo-Saxon letters, both Latin and Old English. - Hugh Magennis, Queen's University Belfast - Speculum, vol 94 1, Jan 2019 While Old English letters have been largely neglected in the past as being of marginal literary interest and relevance, Zweck demonstrates that epistolarity was deeply engaging to Anglo-Saxon authors and audiences, even those who may not have produced or received letters themselves. It is to be hoped that this book will stimulate further interest in Anglo-Saxon letters, both Latin and Old English. -- Hugh Magennis, Queen's University Belfast * Speculum, vol 94 1, Jan 2019 * ""While Old English letters have been largely neglected in the past as being of marginal literary interest and relevance, Zweck demonstrates that epistolarity was deeply engaging to Anglo-Saxon authors and audiences, ""even those who may not have produced or received letters themselves."" It is to be hoped that this book will stimulate further interest in Anglo-Saxon letters, both Latin and Old English."" -- Hugh Magennis, Queen's University Belfast * Speculum, vol 94 1, Jan 2019 * ""An exciting cross-fertilization of media and medieval studies, Epistolary Acts assembles Old English representations of epistolarity and communication in a wide-ranging book that will be of interest to scholars of early medieval literature and culture and to theorists of media and communication alike. Zweck is to be applauded for engaging both without losing either rigor or style."" -- Erica Weaver, UCLA * <em>Journal of English and Germanic Philology</em> * ""Zweck’s book makes a significant contribution by arguing for a more inclusive understanding of epistolarity in early medieval English texts."" -- Emma Knowles, The University of Sydney * <em>Parergon</em> * Author InformationJordan Zweck is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
