Mind-forged manacles

Warner, Frederick

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“…Warner makes reference to Sir Henry Yule's expertise on the geography of south east Asia, amassed during his long career in Bengal and Burma. 49 British military and colonial interests in the area. 50 In his note to Mandeville's account of the 'the sepulchre of oure Lorde' and the miracle of the Holy Fire, for example, Warner records that Conder's book provides a vivid contemporary account of the annual festival celebrating the latter.…”

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National Philology, Imperial Hierarchies, and the ‘Defective’ Book of Sir John Mandeville

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2019

The Review of English Studies

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This article examines when and how the ‘Defective’ version of the Book of Sir John Mandeville came to be called ‘defective’. It describes the use of this name by Sir George F. Warner in an edition produced in 1889 for the elite bibliographic society the Roxburghe Club. Drawing on recent work in disability studies, it argues that the philological use of ‘defective’ be read in conjunction with its broader use in the elaboration of hierarchies of class, race, and gender. Far from a neutral descriptor, ‘defective’ provides a compelling example of the imbrication of medieval studies, imperialism, and Social Darwinist principles in the late nineteenth century. The article closes with the call not only to rename the ‘Defective’ version the ‘Common’ version, but also for a broader reappraisal of this apparently discrete version of Mandeville’s Book. However, it also argues that amid the increasing marketization of higher education and the concomitant insecurity of academic labour, digital editing does not provide a straightforward answer to the question of how best to map and display the complex textual history of Mandeville’s Book.

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Section: Warner's Mandevillementioning

confidence: 99%

National Philology, Imperial Hierarchies, and the ‘Defective’ Book of Sir John Mandeville

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The Review of English Studies

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Mind-forged manacles

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National Philology, Imperial Hierarchies, and the ‘Defective’ Book of Sir John Mandeville

National Philology, Imperial Hierarchies, and the ‘Defective’ Book of Sir John Mandeville

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