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Epistolary acts : Anglo-Saxon letters and early English media

Zweck, Jordan 1981- (author.).

Summary: "As challenging as it is to imagine how an educated cleric or wealthy lay person in the early Middle Ages would have understood a letter (especially one from God), it is even harder to understand why letters would have so captured the imagination of people who might never have produced, sent, or received letters themselves. In Epistolary Acts, Jordan Zweck examines the presentation of letters in early medieval vernacular literature, including hagiography, prose romance, poetry, and sermons on letters from heaven, moving beyond traditional genre study to offer a radically new way of conceptualizing Anglo-Saxon epistolarity. Zweck argues that what makes early medieval English epistolarity unique is the performance of what she calls "epistolary acts," the moments when authors represent or embed letters within vernacular texts. The book contributes to a growing interest in the intersections between medieval studies and media studies, blending traditional book history and manuscript studies with affect theory, media studies, and archive studies."--

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ISBN: 9781487501006
ISBN: 1487501005
ISBN: 9781487512248
ISBN: 1487512244
Physical Description: 1 online resource (223 pages)
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Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Copyright: �2018

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General Note:	Multi-User. CatMonthString:january.23 CatMonthString.july.23
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: epistolary acts and The Husband's Message -- Reconstructing the Anglo-Saxon ars dictaminis : form, vocabulary, and immediacy -- Spreading the word : the Sunday letter, mass communication, and the self-replicating document -- Messengers, materiality, and transmission in the Old English Apollonius of Tyre, Letter of Abgar, and Life of St Mary of Egypt -- Bodies of record : witnessing, memory, and erasure in �lfric's Life of St Basil and the anonymous Old English Legend of the Seven Sleepers -- Epilogue: epistolary afterlives.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access restricted through purchase. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.