Daniel Wakelin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Daniel Leslie Wakelin
Born (1977-01-31) January 31, 1977 (age 47)
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Scientific career
InstitutionsSt Hilda's College, Oxford

Daniel Leslie Wakelin, FBA[1] (born 31 January 1977)[2] is a British palaeographist. Currently he is the Jeremy Griffiths Professor of Medieval English Palaeography in the University of Oxford and a fellow of his St Hilda's College.[3]

Wakelin graduated from the Trinity Hall, Cambridge with a PhD in mediaeval palaeography. Previously he worked at the St Catharine's College, Cambridge and the Christ's College, Cambridge.[3] He is a specialist in Mediaeval English literature and its circulation and reception in manuscripts and other material texts,[1] and teaching course in English language and literature 650–1550 in the University of Oxford.[4] He also is a 2015 winner of the DeLong Book History Prize.[3]

Selected publications[edit]

  • Humanism, Reading, & English Literature 1430-1530. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007. pp. 1–254. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199215881.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-199-21588-1.[5]
  • Wakelin, Daniel; Gillespie, Alexandra, eds. (2011). The Production of Books in England 1350–1500. Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology. Vol. 14. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–375. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511976193. ISBN 978-0-521-88979-7.
  • Wakelin, Daniel (2012). "Early humanism in England, c.1440-1490". In Copeland, Rita (ed.). The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 487–513. ISBN 978-0-199-58723-0.
  • Scribal Correction and Literary Craft. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Vol. 91. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2014. pp. 1–345. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139923279. ISBN 978-1-107-07622-8.[6][7]
  • Wakelin, Daniel (2016). ""Thys ys my boke": Imagining the Owner in the Book". In Flannery, Mary C.; Griffin, Carrie (eds.). Spaces for Reading in Later Medieval England. The New Middle Ages. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, a part of Springer Nature. pp. 13–33. doi:10.1057/9781137428622. ISBN 978-1-137-42861-5.
  • Immaterial Texts in Late Medieval England: Making English Literary Manuscripts, 1400–1500. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2022. pp. 1–300. doi:10.1017/9781009119313. ISBN 978-1-009-10058-8.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Professor Daniel Wakelin FBA". British Academy. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Wakelin, Prof. Daniel Leslie". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2023. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U254692. Retrieved 27 February 2024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ a b c "Professor Daniel Wakelin". St Hilda's College, Oxford. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Professor Daniel Wakelin". University of Oxford. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  5. ^ Dane, Joseph A. (2010). "Daniel Wakelin, Humanism, Reading, and English Literature, 1430–1530. Humanism, Reading, and English Literature, 1430–1530. Daniel Wakelin . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. xii+254". Modern Philology. 108 (2). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. doi:10.1086/656516. ISSN 0026-8232.
  6. ^ Lerer, Seth (16 March 2016). "Book Review: Scribal Correction and Literary Craft: English Manuscripts 1375–1510. Daniel Wakelin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. xviii+345". Modern Philology. 113 (4). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. doi:10.1086/684755. ISSN 0026-8232.
  7. ^ Critten, Rory G. (2015). "Scribal Correction and Literary Craft: English Manuscripts 1375–1510 by Daniel Wakelin (review)". Studies in the Age of Chaucer. 37. Coral Gables, Florida: The New Chaucer Society: 332–335. doi:10.1353/sac.2015.0021. ISSN 1949-0755.
  8. ^ Johnston, Michael (27 February 2023). "Daniel Wakelin. Immaterial Texts in Late Medieval England: Making English Literary Manuscripts, 1400–1500. Pp. xv+284. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Hardback, £75". The Review of English Studies. 74 (314). Oxford: Oxford University Press: 355–357. doi:10.1093/res/hgad013. ISSN 1471-6968.