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Thread #159390   Message #3776246
Posted By: EBarnacle
02-Mar-16 - 09:05 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Sumer is icumen - doctored by scribe?
Subject: RE: Origins: Sumer is icumen - doctored by scribe?
For another, later, example of the transactional process in textual evolution, I recommend Shapiro's books on Shakespeare. The most recent, The Year of Lear, 1606 has led me to read all of his publications. They show the process quite clearly, both in text and causation.