Pursuing Middle English manuscripts and their texts : essays in honour of Ralph Hanna This volume brings together essays by leading authorities on the production reception and editing of medieval English manuscripts in honour of Ralph Hanna on the occasion of his retirement as Professor of Palaeography at the University of Oxford. Ralph Hanna has made an enormous contribution to the study of Middle English manuscripts; his numerous essays and books have discussed the development of London literature alliterative poetry (especially Piers Plowman) regionalism and the production and circulation of manuscripts. The essays included in this volume are arranged into four major sections corresponding to Ralph Hannas core areas of interest: Manuscript production; Dialect; Regionalism; Reading and Editing manuscripts.The volume also includes a tribute to Ralph Hanna and a list of his extensive publications.