Romance, affect, and ethical thinking in a fifteenth-century household book: Chetham’s Library, MS 8009.
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Authors
Wade, James
Publication Date
2015-06-15Journal Title
New Medieval Literatures
ISSN
1465-3737
Publisher
Brepols
Volume
15
Pages
255-283
Type
Article
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Wade, J. (2015). Romance, affect, and ethical thinking in a fifteenth-century household book: Chetham’s Library, MS 8009.. New Medieval Literatures, 15 255-283. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.NML.5.103456
Abstract
Manchester, Chetham’s Library, MS 8009 is a late fifteenth-century London household book containing a diverse range of works, including saints lives, ballads, prayers, husbandry texts, and romances. This essay looks to Chetham MS 8009 as an artefact of vernacular literary consumption in the fifteenth century, and as a representative witness to horizons of literary knowledge in the period. In using this manuscript to trace the affective potential of Middle English romance, this piece considers how emotions are linked to the various forms of ethical thinking that such miscellanies might activate.
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1484/J.NML.5.103456
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