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Aug 24, 2023 · To answer these questions, this book examines 202 literary manuscripts from the period 1350–1500 (that is, every surviving and substantially complete pre-1500 copy of The Prick of Conscience, William Langland’s Piers Plowman, and John Lydgate’s ‘Dietary’ and ‘Stans puer ad mensam’). First, this study suggests that most surviving ...
A book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is merely described (summary review) or analyzed based on content, style, and merit. A book review may be a primary source, an opinion piece, a summary review, or a scholarly view.
The Production of Books in England 1350-1500 ed. by Alexandra Gillespie and Daniel Wakelin (review) Lawrence Warner; Parergon; Australian and New Zealand Association of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Inc.) Volume 29, Number 2, 2012; pp. 245-246; 10.1353/pgn.2012.0134; Review
'The chapters that form The Production of Books in England, 1350–1500 are consistently high quality essays that create a well-integrated unit. Gillespie and Wakelin have taken care to envision the overarching purpose of the text and to solicit chapters that further the purpose - historicizing the creation of manuscript texts at the beginning ...
Book Review Index is an index of book reviews and literary criticism, found in leading academic, popular, and professional periodicals. It has been published since 1965. For most of its history it has been owned by Gale and is based in Detroit.
Apr 14, 2011 · Between roughly 1350 and 1500, the English vernacular became established as a language of literary, bureaucratic, devotional and controversial writing; metropolitan artisans formed guilds for the production and sale of books for the first time; and Gutenberg's and eventually Caxton's printed books reached their first English consumers.
The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR) is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. [2]
