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Author Kintgen, Eugene R.

Title Reading in Tudor England / Eugene R. Kintgen
Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1996]
©1996

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Description x, 242 pages ; 23 cm
Series Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Education and Reading in Tudor England -- 3. Tudor Readers Reading -- 4. Reading in a Religious Setting -- 5. Method and Art in Reading -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix: The Historical Reconstruction of Reading
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 literacy 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index
Subject Books and reading -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Cognitive learning -- England -- History -- 16th century.
Reading -- England -- History -- 16th century.
SUBJECT England -- Intellectual life -- 16th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043301
England http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82068148 -- Intelleectual life -- 16th century
LC no. 95053193
ISBN 0822939398 (cl : alk. paper)