Palimpsests and the Literary Imagination of Medieval England

Leo Carruthers

earliest edition we have, 2011 Palgrave Macmillan, 2011 paperback 288 pages

"These eleven original essays scrutinize the subject of the palimpsest, both literal and metaphorical, from a series of different angles and generate a rich and thought-provoking array of examples of different types of recycling and layering in verbal and visual texts from the Old English period to the present, from early medieval manuscripts to contemporary film. The range and depth of treatments of the palimpsest a...

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Palimpsests and the Literary Imagination of Medieval England paperback · 2011 · Palgrave Macmillan · 288 pages · 9781349286447
Palimpsests and the Literary Imagination of Medieval England edition · 2011 · Palgrave Macmillan · 9780230118805
Palimpsests and the Literary Imagination of Medieval England hardcover · 2011 · Palgrave Macmillan · 267 pages · 9780230100268
Palimpsests and the Literary Imagination of Medieval England edition · 2011 · Palgrave Macmillan · 9781283096843

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