Texts in Conversation

Abstract

The Anglo-Norman and Middle English manuscripts of the insular Charlemagne tradition are in many respects very different, but both may present the texts in material contexts that raise the question of how we define a miscellany. The texts often occur in compilations that have been described as miscellanies or whose contents appear to be miscellaneous in character; on examination, however, most prove to have some unifying or connecting feature that gives significant context to the placing of the Matter of France text(s). This chapter argues that all these manuscripts, in both languages, reveal evidence of meaningful compilation for different purposes, despite the apparent heterogeneity of their texts.

Walking together? The mediatised performative commemoration of 7/7’s tenth anniversary

“…Individual psychological trauma featured in the initial reporting of 7/7 and was prevalent in the coverage of the first anniversary but was less evident during subsequent anniversaries (Lorenzo-Dus and Bryan, 2011). Trauma returned in a more collective guise during the 10th anniversary when journalists highlighted 7/7's 'invisible victims', the thousands of people suspected to be suffering the long-term psychological effects of the bombings in silence without diagnosis (Ailes, 2015). These reports reversed the attempts made by journalists to emphasise a return to normalcy during 7/7's first anniversary (cf.…”