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The transmission and reception of "T...

Graff, Eric.

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The transmission and reception of "The Cloud of Unknowing" and the works of the "Cloud"-corpus.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The transmission and reception of "The Cloud of Unknowing" and the works of the "Cloud"-corpus./
作者:	Graff, Eric.
面頁冊數:	316 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-07, Section: A, page: 2570.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-07A.
標題:	Literature, Medieval. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NR16026
ISBN:	9780494160268

The transmission and reception of "The Cloud of Unknowing" and the works of the "Cloud"-corpus.
Graff, Eric.

The transmission and reception of "The Cloud of Unknowing" and the works of the "Cloud"-corpus. - 316 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-07, Section: A, page: 2570.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto (Canada), 2006.

This thesis traces the history of the Middle English contemplative treatise The Cloud of Unknowing from the present to the time of its writing. Together with six other works this treatise forms the Cloud-corpus, a textual body meant for the instruction of a select audience. How these works have come down to us, and their fortunes in the intervening centuries are the subjects of this study. Using evidence for readership, editorial practice, and authorial strategy, this dissertation argues through a series of episodes in the text-reception of the Cloud-group that its success has depended on its ability to attract readers eager to share and develop its themes.

ISBN: 9780494160268Subjects--Topical Terms:

571675
Literature, Medieval.

The transmission and reception of "The Cloud of Unknowing" and the works of the "Cloud"-corpus.
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