Experimental histories : interpolation and the medieval British past / Hannah Weaver.
| Author/creator | Weaver, Hannah author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Ithaca New York : Cornell University Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xiv, 232 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Interpolation and the medieval British past |
| Contents | Introduction: Interpolation and the patchwork of history -- The rise of historical interpolation from antiquity to Geoffrey of Monmouth -- Prophecy and the prudent reader -- Finding fulfillment in the Roman de Brut -- Images and collapse in the Bayeux Embroidery and the Egerton Brut -- Coda. The afterlives of interpolation and timefulness. |
| Abstract | "This book focuses on interpolation in medieval manuscript histories of Britain, particularly the thirteenth-century Brut tradition, arguing that historians used this form to stage debates about how time worked and how it could be narrated"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Weaver, Hannah. Experimental histories. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2024 9781501776212 |
| LCCN | 2023054051 |
| ISBN | 9781501776205 |
| ISBN | 1501776207 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
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