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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Falls, David J.
Titre(s) : Nicholas Love's "Mirror" and Late Medieval devotio-literary culture [Texte imprimé] : theological politics and devotional practice in fifteenth-century England / David J. Falls
Publication : London ; New York (N.Y.) : Routledge, 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (vii-179 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 157-171. Index
Texte remanié de : Doctoral dissertation : Belfast, Queen's University : 2015
"Surviving in 59 complete manuscript versions, few English texts of the late medieval
period seem to have achieved the popularity of Nicholas Love's fifteenth-century translation
and adaptation of the Latin Meditationes Vitae Christi - The Mirror of the Blessed
Life of Jesus Christ. The Mirror has received surprisingly little scholarly attention
and is often contextualized in terms of its role in the theological conflict between
English ecclesiastical orthodoxy and the teachings of heresiarch John Wycliff. David
Falls presents a new account of the text's history which de-centralises, but does
not disregard, the influence of the Wycliffite controversy. Falls interrogates preconceptions
and investigates new possibilities for understanding the composition, circulation,
function and use of Love's Mirror by examining both the textual modifications and
additions made by Love in his adaptation of the Latin, and places these alterations
in context by examining individual copies of the Mirror. The manuscript copies are
read as both sites of literary consumption and nexuses of textual transition, demonstrating
that it was Love's ability to inscribe his work with "functional diversity" which
explains the Mirror's popularity. This book presents a nuanced picture not only of
the Mirror's production, circulation and function, but also the dynamic and flourishing
devotio-literary culture of late medieval England in which Love's text operated."
Sujet(s) : Love, Nicholas (13..?-1423?) -- Traductions latines
Meditationes vitae Christi -- Traductions latines
Meditationes vitae Christi -- Manuscrits
Littérature de dévotion anglaise -- Moyen âge
Indice(s) Dewey :
820.900 1 (23e éd.) = Littérature de langue anglaise - Histoire et critique - 1066-1400
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780367880002 (br.) (2019). - ISBN 9781472420794 (rel.) (2016)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb458575657
Notice n° :
FRBNF45857565
