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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Textual History"”.
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The Old English Bede: Transmission and Textual History in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts.
… the Old English version of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History (OEB) around the ninth century. Previous research focused on the text’s authorship, specifically on Mercian linguistic features in its earliest manuscript, rather than the reception and transmission of its manuscripts (Miller, 1890; …
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"Aristotle's ""analytics"": A Textual History With New Collations Of The Major Manuscripts"
… (Oxford: 1949, 1964). This thesis examines the textual evidence underlying Sir David's work, and corrects many errors that have found their way into his text due to his relying on the inadequate work of his predecessors, notably Th. Waitz (Leipzig: 1844), while making use (where possible) of …
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Anthony Powell: bibliography and aspects of publishing history
… gives some account of the publishing history of each book including information about its textual history since publication and, where possible, print numbers or sales figures; lists his other published writings including contributions to periodicals, appearance in anthologies or other …
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The manuscripts of the works of Gerald of Wales
… I therefore devote some space to the textual history of Gerald's works in the manuscripts; however, the emphasis is on the manuscripts and therefore on what the textual history can show about them, not on the texts themselves. There is an unusually large number of manuscripts (about …
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Septuagint Lexicography and Language Change in Greek Judges
… outlines the state of the question on the textual history of Judges in Hebrew and Greek, and also presents my lexicographical method and related matters. Chapter two surveys the history of Septuagint lexicography. I demonstrate how data about the meaning of Septuagint vocabulary has been …
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The role of Cú Chulainn in Old and Middle Irish narrative literature with particular reference to tales belonging to the Ulster Cycle.
… database of tales is detailed in Chapter II. The textual history of this material is also found therein. This is intended as a quick reference chapter. Chapter III considers the key area of Cú Chulainn’s heroic biography. This encompasses a study of his depiction in a number of tales including …
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Re-Examining the Female Voice in Chaucer's Italian-Sourced Works: A Study in Paleography, Textual Transmission, and Masculinity
… and traditional realm of women's studies and contextualize these alterations on a grander scale of textual and paleographical studies and masculinity studies. Not only does this project compare and examine the changes that Chaucer made to the female voice as well as the significance of those …
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Negotiating the Scope of Postwar Stalinist Novels
… Prize-winning novels use the material of recent history, their predecessor works, the tropes and genres of the Soviet literary system, and allegorical reading to comment on Stalinist society, including such concerns as love, the legitimacy of the state, generational conflict, and Bolshevik …
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The Life and Cult of St. Abbán: A Dossier Study
… is the first comprehensive study of the cult and textual profile of the Medieval Irish saint, Abbán. It presents a close analysis of the saint’s hagiographical dossier and comparatively examines his record in the medieval Irish genealogies, martyrologies and litanies. This research is conducted …
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The Dindshenchas in the Book of Leinster
… and origins of medieval Irish place names. The textual history of the Dindshenchas is complex and not yet fully understood, however, the Book of Leinster, as the earliest manuscript, and the only to contain the so-called ‘Metrical Dindshenchas’, is evidently an important witness. Furthermore, …
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The Hidden History of Women Editing Shakespeare, 1800-1950
… the extent of women’s involvement in editorial history has not been fully explored, and a female editorial tradition dating back to the early nineteenth century has been largely neglected. This dissertation presents the first large-scale overview of women editing Shakespeare between 1800 and …
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Psalms of assurance: an analysis of the formation and function of Psalms of Solomon in Second Temple Judaism
… trajectory of the document. By reading history through this particular theological lens, the authors effectively create a didactic response to the historical conflagration, and the document reads as 'literature of assurance'. The project proceeds in seven parts. The introduction contains …