1st Edition
Repurposing Literary Romance Texts in Medieval Manuscripts Beyond the Author
By Stefano Resconi
Copyright 2025
118 Pages
by
Routledge
118 Pages
by
Routledge
118 Pages
by
Routledge
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Transcribing a text within a Medieval manuscript was often not a culturally and ideologically neutral act. The lack of direct control by the authors over the circulation of their works allowed scribes to employ particularly refined strategies aimed at assigning new functions and meanings to these texts, which might appear very different from the original to the readers. This could be achieved in... Read more
Preface
1. Added Texts and Authorship
2. Miscellaneous manuscripts: project-based repurposing and strategies to guide the reader
3. Manipulating textual morphology
Index
Biography
Stefano Resconi is an Associate Professor of Romance Philology and Linguistics at the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. His primary research interests include the comparative study of Medieval Romance lyric traditions – particularly focusing on the manuscript transmission, linguistic contacts, and interferences with other genres – the Italian reception of Medieval French and Provençal literary culture, and the sources of Dante’s poetry.
