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Boxes 4 - Narrative Voices

from History 2 - Mechanisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 December 2024

Simon Franklin
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Rebecca Reich
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Emma Widdis
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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It is a truism to say that medieval literature was largely anonymous. Chronicles accumulated over the centuries without indication of author or compiler. Scores of saints’ lives were composed, expanded, redacted, and paraphrased by unnamed writers and editors. It can be surprising, therefore, to find that the use of the first-person singular is not as uncommon as the truism might imply. Who is he (the first-person singular is almost invariably male), and what are his roles and functions?

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  • Narrative Voices
  • Edited by Simon Franklin, University of Cambridge, Rebecca Reich, University of Cambridge, Emma Widdis, University of Cambridge
  • Book: The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature
  • Online publication: 31 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108655620.027
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  • Narrative Voices
  • Edited by Simon Franklin, University of Cambridge, Rebecca Reich, University of Cambridge, Emma Widdis, University of Cambridge
  • Book: The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature
  • Online publication: 31 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108655620.027
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  • Narrative Voices
  • Edited by Simon Franklin, University of Cambridge, Rebecca Reich, University of Cambridge, Emma Widdis, University of Cambridge
  • Book: The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature
  • Online publication: 31 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108655620.027
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