From parchment to cyberspace : medieval literature in the digital age
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From parchment to cyberspace : medieval literature in the digital age
（Medieval interventions : new light on traditional thinking / general editor, Stephen G. Nichols, v. 2）
Peter Lang, c2016
- : hardcover
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Includes index
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Description
From Parchment to Cyberspace argues the case for studying high-resolution digital images of original manuscripts to analyze medieval literature. By presenting a rigorous philosophical argument for the authenticity of such images (a point disputed by digital skeptics) the book illustrates how digitization offers scholars innovative methods for comparing manuscripts of vernacular literature - such as The Romance of the Rose or texts by Christine de Pizan - that reveal aspects of medieval culture crucial to understanding the period.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations - Preface - Introduction: Why I Wrote This Book, or Medieval Manuscripts Unchained - What Is a Manuscript Culture? Materiality and Mimesis: Anatomy of an Illusion - No Fool of Time: The Paradox of Manuscript Transmission - The Work of Reading - Variance as Dynamic Reading - Synoptic reading: Medieval Manuscripts as Text Networks - The Anxiety of Irrelevance: Digital Humanities and Contemporary Critical Theory - Notes - Index.
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