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MARX, WILLIAM
William is a Reader in Medieval Literature at the University of Wales, Lampeter. He principally specialises in manuscript studies; the editing of Middle English and Latin Texts; the transmission of theological and devotional ideas and themes through vernacular literature and iconography; perceptions of the Devil in the Middle Ages; and the literature of history. William has published extensively on these matters including three full-length texts and articles in anthologies of essays and journals such as Trivium, English Manuscript Studies 1100–1700 and Journal of the Early Book Society.He has edited and contributed to a number of collections of essays on Lampeter’s antiquarian library, the Founders’ Library, as well as medieval book production and readership. William has also published a catalogue and study of the manuscripts containing Middle English prose held by the National Library of Wales in the Index of Middle English Prose series. Current research projects focus on Middle English chronicle writing and Middle English devotional literature. One of the general editors of the international series Middle English Texts published by Universitätsverlag C. Winter (Heidelberg), William is also a general editor for Lampeter’s arts and humanities journal Trivium. In 2005 he was elected as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of his work on medieval historical writing.
Selected Publications:
The Devil’s Rights and the Redemption in the Literature of Medieval England (D.S. Brewer, 1995)
The Index of Middle English Prose: Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales (D.S. Brewer, 1999)
An English Chronicle 1377—1461, A New Edition from Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS 21608 (Boydell Press, 2003)
Contributed to:
Of Diversities and Change of Language: Essays Presented to Manfred Görlach (contributor) (Universitätsverlag C. Winter, 2002)
Wales the Nation and Medieval English Literary Culture (contributor) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)