This book presents a series of narratives that reflect the compelling and sometimes dangerous allure of the world of books - and the world in books - in late-medieval Britain. It envisions the confines of medieval manuscripts as virtual worlds: realms that readers call forth through imaginative interactions with books' material features.

Autorentext
MARTHA RUST teaches English literature at New York University, USA.

Inhalt
The Medieval Manuscript Matrix: A Storied Realm Into the Manuscript Matrix: Middle Letters for People of a Middle Sort 'Straunge' Letters and Strange Loops in Bodleian Library MS Arch. Selden. B.24 Pulp Fictions and Torn Hearts: Love Stories in Paper in Middle English Verse Love Epistles John's Page: A Confessio amantis [librorum] in Pierpont Morgan Library MS M.126 A Life in Books: Scribal Habits and Habitats The Medieval Manuscript Matrix and the World Wide Web