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Author: Nicole R. Rice
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
ISBN: 9780268205119
ISBN 10: 0268205116
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 15 April 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
In its study of these medical/spiritual institutions and individuals, The Medieval Hospital offers a perspective not previously employed and thus makes an important contribution to the history of reading. -Mary Erler, author of Reading and Writing during the Dissolution
In its study of these medical/spiritual institutions and individuals, The Medieval Hospital offers a perspective not previously employed and thus makes an important contribution to the history of reading. -Mary Erler, author of Reading and Writing during the Dissolution In this pathbreaking study, Nicole Rice excavates the urban hospital's contributions to literary and performative cultures in medieval England. This book merits the attention of everyone interested in the processes of loss, negotiation, and reinvention that mark the relationship of medieval and early modern in English culture and history. -Theresa Coletti, author of Mary Magdalene and the Drama of Saints
"“In its study of these medical/spiritual institutions and individuals, The Medieval Hospital offers a perspective not previously employed and thus makes an important contribution to the history of reading.” —Mary C. Erler, author of Reading and Writing during the Dissolution ""In this pathbreaking study, Nicole Rice excavates the urban hospital’s contributions to literary and performative cultures in medieval England. This book merits the attention of everyone interested in the processes of loss, negotiation, and reinvention that mark the relationship of medieval and early modern in English culture and history."" —Theresa Coletti, author of Mary Magdalene and the Drama of Saints"
"“In its study of these medical/spiritual institutions and individuals, The Medieval Hospital offers a perspective not previously employed and thus makes an important contribution to the history of reading.” —Mary C. Erler, author of Reading and Writing during the Dissolution ""In this pathbreaking study, Nicole Rice excavates the urban hospital’s contributions to literary and performative cultures in medieval England. This book merits the attention of everyone interested in the processes of loss, negotiation, and reinvention that mark the relationship of medieval and early modern in English culture and history."" —Theresa Coletti, author of Mary Magdalene and the Drama of Saints ""Rice's sources are wide-ranging in genre, form, and content, as befits the institutional motility that is her central concern. The result is a richly illuminating and meticulously researched study that will be of great interest to general readers and specialists alike.""—The Review of English Studies ""In this magisterial new book, Nicole Rice musters a wealth of interdisciplinary expertise in order to establish the 'literary-cultural function' of the medieval hospital, a surprisingly robust and prolific engine of textual production and practice.""—Studies in the Age of Chaucer"
In its study of these medical/spiritual institutions and individuals, The Medieval Hospital offers a perspective not previously employed and thus makes an important contribution to the history of reading. --Mary Erler, author of Reading and Writing during the Dissolution
Author Information
Nicole R. Rice is professor of English at St. John’s University, author of a number of books and essays, and co-author of The Civic Cycles: Artisan Drama and Identity in Premodern England (University of Notre Dame Press, 2015).
