Communal Creativity in the Making of the 'Beowulf' Manuscript

Communal Creativity in the Making of the 'Beowulf' Manuscript
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 427
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ISBN-10 : 9789004360860
ISBN-13 : 9004360867
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Book Synopsis Communal Creativity in the Making of the 'Beowulf' Manuscript by : Simon C. Thomson

Download or read book Communal Creativity in the Making of the 'Beowulf' Manuscript written by Simon C. Thomson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Communal Creativity in the Making of the ‘Beowulf’ Manuscript, Simon Thomson analyses details of scribal activity to tell a story about the project that preserved Beowulf as one of a collective, if error-strewn, endeavour.


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