Popular reading in Englishc. 1400-1600; Half Title page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; 1 Introduction to methods and terms; 2 Religious reading and reform; 3 Making meaning from moral reading; 4 Practical texts: husbandry and carving; 5 Fictional literature: Gawain in a Middle English miscellany; 6 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
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 ope
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-255) and index
