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Two further editions bring the number of published volumes of the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicleseries to Edition with scholarly introduction,
evaluating the relationship of the Abingdon Chronicle to other
Chronicle manuscripts. This edition of BL MS Cotton Tiberius B i
presents for the first time the textual source of several of the
most important extant manuscripts in the Chronicle tradition
(including MSS B, C, D and E), and showsthe contribution ofAbingdon
Abbey to its development. In his full and detailed introduction,
Professor Conner explains his choice of manuscript; he also offers
a theory, arguing against current thinking, for the relationship
between MSS B and C; and suggests that the phenomenon of poetry in
the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle originated with Abingdon. Professor
PATRICK W. CONNERteaches in the Department of English, West
Virginia University.
Seven original essays on the theory, practice and future of editing
Old English verse. Questions of the theory, practice and future of
editing Old English verse have become increasingly pressing in the
light of new research and technology, and this volume of seven
original substantial essays explores a number of important
editorial issues. The collection investigates the implications of
current concerns in textual editing relating to the presentation of
Old English verse, among them materialist criticism and approaches
to the culture of thebook in the early middle ages; revisionist
readings of the canons and heritage of nineteenth-century
philology; and the electronic future of editing Old English.
Particular topics addressed include the ethics of editing and its
responsibility to both poet and reader; the neglected verses of the
Paris Psalter; the editorial problems presented by the mixed form
of AElfric's rhythmical prose; and the difficulties of the printed
page. The final essay in the volume explores the capabilities of
the electronic hypertext to reinvent the whole process of editing
and editions. KATHERINE O'BRIEN O'KEEFFE is Professor of English
and Fellow of the Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame; Dr
SARAH LARRATT KEEFER teaches in the Department of English at Trent
University. Contributors: EDWARD B. IRVING, JR, SARAH LARRATT
KEEFER, A.N. DOANE, D.G. SCRAGG, M.J. TOSWELL, PAUL E. SZARMACH,
PATRICK W. CONNER
A study of the manuscripts, relics and historical traditions of
Anglo-Saxon Exeter before Leofric moved the see of Devon and
Cornwall there in 1050. In his search for an historical context for
the famous Exeter Book of Old English poetry, Dr Conner's
examination of the archaeological and textual records of Exeter
have led him to significant new conclusions about the city's tenth
century monastic culture. He posits the existence of a large
library dating from the time of King AEthelstan, an active
scriptorium from at least the mid-century period, and suggests that
five other important manuscripts may have originated at Exeter
c.950-c.990.A codicological examination of the Exeter Book draws
fresh conclusions about its composition and its literary context.
Anglo-Saxon Exeterconcludes with six appendices in which many
documents important to the early history of the city are edited,
including its relic-lists, the records for moving the see from
Crediton to Exeter, Leofric's Inventory, a series of legal records
which survive on a single leaf of an8th-century lectionary, and a
study of the history of the Exeter Book from 1050 to the present.
PATRICK CONNER is Professor in the department of English at West
Virginia University.
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