Originally published in 1994, Oral Tradition in Middle English is an edited collection providing a multidisciplinary look at the importance and nature of oral tradition in Middle English literature. The book offers a discussion of the gradual problemization of orality and literacy in works of verbal art from this period. It shows how early typographies proved too exclusive to explain the heterogeneity of relevant texts, bringing to bear the new and potentially productive concepts of "vocality" and developing literacy. This book establishes a new interpretive paradigm for Middle English poetry.
| ISBN: | 9780367185671 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 2020 |
| Author: | Mark C Amodio |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 302 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: The Medieval World |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary theory Literary studies: poetry and poets |