The Manifold Singularity of Pearl
I argue that the Middle English Pearl, which survives in just one manuscript, gains literary value from this material uniqueness. By blurring the distinction between scribe and author, this single-manuscript text invites unexpected modes of literary analysis. Physical singularity thus creates wide-r...
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101715 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3255-051X |