Reflections on Change in Textual Culture

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Title: Reflections on Change in Textual Culture
Authors: Pettersson, Jonatan, 1971
Source: Modes of Modifications. Variance and Change in Medieval Textual Culture. Models of Change in Medieval Textual Culture Modes of Modification. :285-304
Subject Terms: historical change, Middle Ages, philology, history of texts, litteraturvetenskap, Literature
Description: Change is a wellspring of fear and hope, dreams and disappointment, a source of zeal, mixed feelings, and nostalgia. The lexicon of change is surrounded by emotive connota-tions: birth, rise, fall, development, renaissance, disappearance, and death. Some of these concepts are imbued with feelings in themselves; others may be charged by the context. In political discourse, change is key for creating a sense of a shared purpose. For the sto-ryteller, changes serve as foundational elements in crafting the plot and manipulating readers’reactions. Undoubtedly, historians, too, have found it tempting to employ changes for similar rhetorical purposes, when history is formed into a great narrative.
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110613353-009
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Abstract:Change is a wellspring of fear and hope, dreams and disappointment, a source of zeal, mixed feelings, and nostalgia. The lexicon of change is surrounded by emotive connota-tions: birth, rise, fall, development, renaissance, disappearance, and death. Some of these concepts are imbued with feelings in themselves; others may be charged by the context. In political discourse, change is key for creating a sense of a shared purpose. For the sto-ryteller, changes serve as foundational elements in crafting the plot and manipulating readers’reactions. Undoubtedly, historians, too, have found it tempting to employ changes for similar rhetorical purposes, when history is formed into a great narrative.
DOI:10.1515/9783110613353-009