Abstract
In the coordination of a study about the interplay of texts and time, even the conventional turnabouts in the time shortly before publication - when what is nearly a postscript becomes finally a "preface" - may have a special point. For me, in any case, the time of completing this preface is an opportunity to express my appreciation to those who helped to turn the work that is about to be past into the book that is about to come. The preparation of this study is the culmination of a collective research project extending over many years and including scholars from a range of countries. I began coordinating the project for the Center for Literary Studies of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem when I was the director of the Center. The initial stages of the project included the shaping and organizing of a broad international conference in Jerusalem on "Romance: Dimensions of Time and Designs of History." Much of the work for this volume appeared in an early form in selected material at that conference; other work was provided at later stages. Close and detailed consultation with each of the contributors facilitated extensive cross-references between parts of the study and the gradual adaptation of essays for the cooperative volume as a whole.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Romance and History |
Subtitle of host publication | Imagining Time from the Medieval to the Early Modern Period |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | xiii-xiv |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781107337473 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781107042780 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
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