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Publishing the Grail in Medieval and Renaissance France (Hardcover)
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Publishing the Grail in Medieval and Renaissance France (Hardcover)
Series: Arthurian Studies
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The early "publishing industry" examined through the prism of the
Grail legend. The Grail is one of the most enduring literary motifs
in publishing history. In spite of an ever-changing world, the
reading public has maintained a fascination for this enigmatic
object, as well as the various adventures and characters associated
with it. But the nature and reception of the Grail have not
remained static. Thanks to the fact that the first known author of
a Grail story, Chretien de Troyes, died c.1180-90 before completing
his tale and revealing the meaning of the Grail, authors and
publishers across history have reimagined, reinterpreted and
re-packaged Grail literature so as to appeal to the developing
tastes and interests of their target audiences. This bookanalyses
the developing publication practices associated with French Grail
literature in medieval and Renaissance France. Arguing for
pre-print book production as constituting an early incarnation of a
publishing trade, it discusses such matters as the disclosure of
authorship and patronage, and the writing and formatting of blurbs,
as well as tactics of compilation and production techniques that
bear evidence of common commercial motivations between pre-and
post-print publication. The distinctive investigation of manuscript
and early-print evidence brings medieval and early-modern
publishers and their concepts of both product and market into
focus. Leah Tether is Reader in Medieval Literature and Digital
Cultures, and Co-Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the
University of Bristol. She is the author of The Continuations of
Chretien's Perceval: Content and Construction, Extensionand Ending
(D.S. Brewer, 2012).
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