The notion of what it means to "distort" a text is here explored through a rich variety of individual case studies.

Introduction - Elaine Treharne
The Curious Production and Reconstruction of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 85 and 86 - Matthew Aiello
Through a glass darkly, or, rethinking medieval materiality: a tale of carpets, screens, and parchment - Emma Cayley
Distortion, Ideology, Time: Proletarian Aesthetics in the work of Lionel Britton - Aaron Kelly
Shakespeare and Korea: Mutual Remappings - Dan Kim
Dictionary Distortions - Sarah Ogilvie
Where Do Indigenous Origin Stories and Empowered Objects Fit into a Literary History of the American Continent? - Timothy Powell
Distortion in Textual Object Facsimile Production: a Liability or an Asset? - Giovanni Scorcionni
The Uncanny Reformation: Revenant Texts and Distorted Time in Henrician England - Greg Walker
The Presence of the Book - Claude Willan