Bestsellers and Masterpieces: The Changing Medieval Canon
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Bestsellers and Masterpieces: The Changing Medieval Canon
By (Author) Heather Blurton
Edited by Dwight F. Reynolds
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
1st October 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
European history: medieval period, middle ages
Middle Eastern history
Literature: history and criticism
809.02
Physical Properties
Hardback
288
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 17mm
485g
Description
A cross-cultural insight into both the literary tastes of the medieval period and the literary and political forces behind the creation of the modern canon of medieval literature.
Bestsellers and masterpieces: The changing medieval canon addresses the strange fact that, in both European and Middle Eastern medieval studies, those texts that we now study and teach as the most canonical representations of their era were in fact not popular or even widely read in their day.
On the other hand, those texts that were popular, as evidenced by the extant manuscript record, are taught and studied with far less frequency. The book provides cross-cultural insight into both the literary tastes of the medieval period and the literary and political forces behind the creation of the modern canon of medieval literature.
Author Bio
Heather Blurton is Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Dwight F. Reynolds is Distinguished Professor of Arabic Language and Literature in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara
