The world's ear : the aurality of late medieval English literature

This thesis examines the reception formats of late medieval upper-class literature in English--i.e., how its readers read it. My particular interest is aurality, the reading aloud of literature to one or a group of listeners. I try to show that aurality was not merely the byproduct of technological...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coleman, Joyce
Published: University of Edinburgh 1993
Subjects:
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.643327