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Popular reading in English c. 1400-1600 / Elisabeth Salter.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Salter, Elisabeth, 1972- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Books and reading--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
Books and reading.
Books and reading--Great Britain--History--16th century.
English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
English literature.
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--1066-1485.
Great Britain.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--16th century.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 260 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.
Language Note:
In English.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Summary:
This text 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.
Contents:
Introduction to methods and terms
Religious reading and reform
Making meaning from moral reading
Practical texts : husbandry and carving
Fictional literature : Gawain in a Middle English miscellany
Conclusion.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 5, 2026).
Other Format:
version imprimée
ISBN:
1-5261-3064-5
OCLC:
1085610957

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