Engaging Words - The Culture of Reading in the Later Middle Ages (Hardcover, 1st ed)

Acts of reading appear everywhere in the late Middle Ages, from the margins of Books of Hours to self-portraits of authors in their studies. What relevance did this image have for the late medieval imagination? Engaging Words is an interdisciplinary study on the conception of reading in late medieval society. Beginning with an examination of the social conditions that produced a viable reading public, the book surveys popular tastes, the interrelationship between manuscript form and content, and the theory and poetry of late medieval authors. Drawing on images from late medieval culture, historical documents, and literary texts, Engaging Words shows how reading became a cultural metaphor that transformed the way the Western world thought about identity and social roles.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The New Middle Ages
Release date:	December 2002
First published:	2000
Authors:	L. Amtower
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	243
Edition:	1st ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-23383-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	0-312-23383-3
Barcode:	9780312233839

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