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Ancrene Wisse volume 2: a corrected edition of the text in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 402, with variants from other manuscripts

Ancrene Wisse volume 2: a corrected edition of the text in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 402, with variants from other manuscripts
Ancrene Wisse volume 2: a corrected edition of the text in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 402, with variants from other manuscripts
The second volume of this edition of Ancrene Wisse includes a general introduction, on institutional and historical context, sources and influences, structure and style. The extensive explanatory notes include material on the text's historical, theological, and literary background. The introduction summarizes recent research on this important text and others associated with it in the Middle Ages; it offers a discussion of the text's origin which relates it to broader contemporary developments in preaching and pastoral care. The Glossary, supplied by Richard Dance, is supplemented by discussion of specific textual and philological problems and offers a definitive guide to the language.
ancrene wisse, anchoresses, spirituality, ab dialect, west midlands
9780199205769
Oxford University Press
Millett, Bella
99523544-2312-4078-97f1-c6d4eb8edd39
Millett, Bella
99523544-2312-4078-97f1-c6d4eb8edd39

Millett, Bella (ed.) (2006) Ancrene Wisse volume 2: a corrected edition of the text in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 402, with variants from other manuscripts (Early English Text Society Original Series, 326), vol. 326, Oxford, UK. Oxford University Press, 528pp.

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The second volume of this edition of Ancrene Wisse includes a general introduction, on institutional and historical context, sources and influences, structure and style. The extensive explanatory notes include material on the text's historical, theological, and literary background. The introduction summarizes recent research on this important text and others associated with it in the Middle Ages; it offers a discussion of the text's origin which relates it to broader contemporary developments in preaching and pastoral care. The Glossary, supplied by Richard Dance, is supplemented by discussion of specific textual and philological problems and offers a definitive guide to the language.

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Published date: 2006
Additional Information: This edition contains the General Introduction, which sets the work in its broader cultural context, Textual Commentary, and Glossary. Drawing on the uncompleted edition by E.J. Dobson, with additional notes by Richard Dance.
Keywords: ancrene wisse, anchoresses, spirituality, ab dialect, west midlands

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/67586
ISBN: 9780199205769
PURE UUID: 8245318f-4b2e-4425-b3e3-f6c1de5b820e

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Date deposited: 01 Sep 2009
Last modified: 10 Dec 2021 16:17

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