Description
Important intervention in Middle English studies that challenges widely accepted narratives on the identities of Chaucer's scribes.
About the Author
Lawrence Warner is Reader in Medieval English at King's College London. His previous publications include The Myth of 'Piers Plowman' (Cambridge, 2014), which won the English Association's 2016 Beatrice White Prize for outstanding scholarly work in the field of English Literature before 1590, and The Lost History of 'Piers Plowman' (2011), which received an Honorable Mention for the Society for Textual Scholarship's 2013 Richard J. Finneran Award.
Reviews
'... Lawrence Warner's book may prove to be nearly as explosive as the scribal identification that serves as its point of origin ... But regardless of what one considers to be the identity of Chaucer's scribe (or scribes), this is a book that few scholars of later medieval English literature will be able to ignore.' Mary C. Flannery, The Times Literary Supplement
'Warner's book provides an exciting new foundation and also a new benchmark for the debates about scribes, scribal identities, and critical methodologies that will undoubtedly continue.' Matthew Fisher, The Review of English Studies
'This is an important book, essential reading for anyone with an interest in the manuscripts of Middle English literature.' Neil Cartlidge, Medium AEvum
'In this trenchant, engaging, and delightfully written book ... Warner has produced a wonderful detective story, and the scholarship is rich, detailed, and exhaustive.' Michael Calabrese, Modern Philology
'Warner's detail oriented and carefully developed analysis of the evidence for scribal culture in medieval London is a healthy challenge to our field and an encouragement to all of us who do not consider ourselves 'paleographers' to get down and dirty with manuscripts - digitized or not - and draw our own conclusions about the evidence we find.' Noelle Phillips, Studies in the Age of Chaucer
Book Information
ISBN 9781108444996
Author Lawrence Warner
Format Paperback
Page Count 244
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 352g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 14mm