The two versions of Malory's Morte Darthur : multiple negation and the editing of the text

Author(s)

• Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid

Bibliographic Information

The two versions of Malory's Morte Darthur : multiple negation and the editing of the text

Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade

（Arthurian studies, 35）

D.S. Brewer, 1995

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-164) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Analysis of the relationship between the Winchester manuscript and Caxton's edition. Detailed linguistic analysis of the two versions of the Morte Darthur, charting important changes in the development of the English language. Malory's Morte Darthursurvives in two versions: the Winchester manuscript, which has been dated 1469-70, and the edition Caxton published in 1485. These versions were thought to be collaterally related through a common source to an original lost manuscript, until in 1977 new evidence suggested a linear descent. Dr Tieken-Boon van Ostade's study supports this argument, first through a detailed refutation of Vinaver's arguments for collateral descent,then through an analysis of the incidence of multiple negation in both versions of the Morte Darthurand the conclusions to be drawn from it. A reconstruction of the events leading to Caxton's publication of the text at a politically hazardous time completes the volume.Dr INGRID TIEKEN-BOON VAN OSTADEis lecturer in English at the University of Leiden. Two books already published centre on the history of the English language.

Table of Contents

• The relationship between the Winchester manuscript and Caxton's edition
• multiple negation
• the identical instances
• the different instances
• the relationship between W and C reconsidered
• the editor/copyist and the compositors
• "after a copy vnto me deliverd" - a reconstruction
• the disappearance of multiple negation
• conclusion
• appendix 1 - the types of constructions
• appendix 2 - variants with multiple negation in W and C
• appendix 3 - Robert Copland as the editor/copyist.

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Details

• NCID: BA26213088
• ISBN:
  • 0859914372
• LCCN: 95002421
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge [England] ; Rochester, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: 169 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR2048
  • DC20 : 823/.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Malory, Thomas, Sir,15th cent. Language -- Grammar
  • LCSH : Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent. Morte d'Arthur -- Criticism, Textual
  • LCSH : Manuscripts, English (Middle) -- England -- Winchester -- Editing
  • LCSH : English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Negatives
  • LCSH : Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent. -- Manuscripts
  • LCSH : Arthurian romances -- Criticism, Textual
  • LCSH : Knights and knighthood in literature
  • LCSH : Romances, English -- Criticism, Textual
  • LCSH : Kings and rulers in literature
  • LCSH : Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491
  • LCSH : Transmission of texts
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00338780