Popular reading in English c. 1400 - 1600

This book is about reading practice and experience in late medieval and early modern England. It focuses on the kinds of literatures that were more readily available to the widest spectrum of the population. Four case studies from many possibilities have been selected, each examining a particular type of popular literature under the headings 'religious', 'moral', 'practical' and 'fictional'. A key concern of the book is how we might use particular types of evidence in order to understand more about reading practice and experience, so issues of method and approach are discussed fully in the opening chapter. One distinctive element of this book is that it attempts to uncover evidence for the reading practices and experiences of real, rather than ideal, readers, using evidence that is found within the material of a book or manuscript itself, or within the structure of a specific genre of literature.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9780719077999 ; 0719077990
• Dimensions: 23 cm
• Extent: X, 260 S.
• Edition: 1. publ.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Ill. ; Literaturangaben

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Allgemeines, Wissenschaft
• Keyword: Geschichte 1400-1600 ; Lesen ; England

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Manchester
• (who): Manchester Univ. Press
• (when): 2012
• Creator: Salter, Elisabeth

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/1020661534/04
• Rights: Bei diesem Objekt liegt nur das Inhaltsverzeichnis digital vor. Der Zugriff darauf ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 11.06.2025, 1:57 PM CEST