Reading in Tudor England (Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture)

E.R. Kintgen

ISBN 10: 0822939398 / ISBN 13: 9780822939399

Published by University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996

About this Item

284pp. Hardcover, no jacket. Former academic library copy with library markings. No annotations or highlighting to text.

Seller Inventory # 940744

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reading in Tudor England (Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture)
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822939398
• ISBN 13: 9780822939399
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Eugene R. Kintgen is professor emeritus of English, and associate dean emeritus of the graduate school at Indiana University. He is the author of The Perception of Poetry, and coauthor of several books, including Perspectives on Literacy.