Reading in Tudor England / Eugene R. Kintgen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kintgen, Eugene R.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading--England--History--16th century.

Reading.

Cognitive learning--England--History--16th century.

Cognitive learning.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

x, 242 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1996]

Summary:

Readers in the sixteenth century read (that is, interpreted) texts quite differently from the way contemporary readers do; they were trained to notice different aspects of a text and to process them differently. Using educational works of Erasmus, Ascham, and others, commentaries on literary works, various kinds of religious guides and homilies, and self-improvement books, Kintgen has found specific evidence of these differences and makes imaginative use of it to draw fascinating and convincing conclusions about the art and practice of reading. Kintgen ends by situating the book within literary theory, cognitive science, and literary studies. Among the writers covered are Gabriel Harvey, E. K. (the commentator on "The Shepheardes Calendar"), Sir John Harrington, George Gascoigne, George Puttenham, Thomas Blundeville, and Angel Day.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index.

ISBN:

0822939398

OCLC:

33983378