Shaping the Archive in Late Medieval England

Released on by Sarah Elliott Novacich
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  • Shaping the Archive in Late Medieval England Book Detail

  • Author : Sarah Elliott Novacich
  • Release Date : 2017-03-10
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 231
  • ISBN 13 : 1316828581
  • File Size : 94,94 MB
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Shaping the Archive in Late Medieval England by Sarah Elliott Novacich PDF Summary

Book Description: Sarah Elliott Novacich explores how medieval thinkers pondered the ethics and pleasures of the archive. She traces three episodes of sacred history - the loss of Eden, the loading of Noah's ark, and the Harrowing of Hell - across works of poetry, performance records, and iconography in order to demonstrate how medieval artists turned to sacred history to think through aspects of cultural transmission. Performances of the loss of Eden blur the relationship between original and record; stories of Noah's ark foreground the difficulty of compiling inventories; and engagements with the Harrowing of Hell suggest the impossibility of separating the past from the present. Reading Middle English plays alongside chronicles, poetry, and works of visual art, Shaping the Archive in Late Medieval England considers how poetic form, staging logistics, and the status of performance all contribute to our understanding of the ways in which medieval thinkers imagined the archive.

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