The Practice and Politics of Reading, 650-1500 (Hardcover)

A new look at how reading was practised and represented in England from the seventh century to the beginnings of the print era, finding many kinships between reading cultures across the medieval longue duree. Even as it transforms human cultures, routines, attention spans, and the wiring of our brains, the media revolution of the last few decades also urges a reconsideration of the long history of reading. The essays in this volume take a new look at how reading was practised and represented in England from the seventh century to the beginnings of the print era, using texts from Aldhelm to Malory and Wynkyn de Worde, arguing that whether unpicking intricate Latin, contemplating image-texts, or participating in semiotically-rich public rituals, reading cultivated and energized the subject's values, perceptions, and attitudes to the world. Part I, "Practices of Reading", asks how writers, scribes and artists engaged readerly attention through textual layout, poetic form, hermeneutic difficulty, or images, while Part II, "Politics of Reading", explores how different textual communities manipulated the anxieties and opportunities for education, moral improvement or entertainment associated with reading; particular topics addressed include Bible translation and exegesis, page layout, literary form and readerly practice, fiction, hermeneutics, and performance. Although it understands reading as culturally and technologically localized, the book finds many kinships between reading cultures across the medieval longue duree and the literatures and literacies that proliferate today. Contributors: Amy Appleford, Michelle De Groot, Daniel Donoghue, Andrew James Johnston, Andrew Kraebel, Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe, Catherine Sanok, Samantha Katz Seal, James Simpson, Emily V. Thornbury, Kathleen Tonry, Kathryn Mogk Wagner, Nicholas Watson, Erica Weaver, Anna Wilson.

General

Imprint:	D.S. Brewer
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Daniel G. Donoghue (Customer) • James Simpson (Contributor) • Nicholas Watson (Contributor) • Anna Wilson (Customer)
Contributors:	Amy Appleford • Michelle De Groot (Contributor) • Daniel G. Donoghue (Customer) • Andrew James Johnston • Andrew B. Kraebel (Customer) • Kathryn Mogk-Wagner
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	354
ISBN-13:	978-1-84384-641-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Promotions
LSN:	1-84384-641-1
Barcode:	9781843846413

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