Contextualising Middle English liturgical commentaries

Smith, J. J. (2023) Contextualising Middle English liturgical commentaries. Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, 87, pp. 69-86. (doi: 10.25145/j.recaesin.2023.87.04)

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Abstract

Important discussions of Middle English miscellanies, with special reference to works of religious instruction, include, for instance, work by Margaret Connolly (2003, 2011) and Ralph Hanna (e.g., 1996, 2007, 2010). But much detailed work remains to be done, from various disciplinary perspectives, to respond to the challenge set inter alia by Thorlac Turville-Petre forty years ago, viz., to set such works “much more securely and illuminatingly within [their] local context” (1983, 141). In this paper, part of an ongoing programme of research into the ‘cultural mapping’ of Middle English writings on the liturgy (see e.g., Jasper and Smith 2019, 2023; Smith 2021), a range of verse and prose texts are placed in their codicological contexts. It will be demonstrated how the forms of these texts correlate closely with the socio-cultural functions of the manuscripts in which they survive.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Smith, Professor Jeremy
Authors: Smith, J. J.
Subjects:B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity
P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
P Language and Literature > PE English
P Language and Literature > PR English literature
College/School:College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Language and Linguistics
Journal Name:Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses
Journal Abbr.:RCEI
Publisher:Universidad de la Laguna
ISSN:0211-5913
ISSN (Online):2530-8335
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2023 Universidad de la Laguna
First Published:First published in Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses 87:69-86
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons licence

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