The Practice and Representation of Reading in England [Paperback]

This collection of fourteen essays highlights both the singularity of personal reading experiences and the cultural conventions involved in reading and its perception.How did people read in the past? Where and why did they read? And what did they think readers and reading were for? Drawing on fields as diverse as medieval pedagogy, textual bibliography, history of science, social history and history of the book, this collection of essays highlights the cultural conventions involved in reading, and explores personal reading experiences. The Practice and Representation of Reading in England constitutes a major addition to our understanding of the history of readers and reading.How did people read in the past? Where and why did they read? And what did they think readers and reading were for? Drawing on fields as diverse as medieval pedagogy, textual bibliography, history of science, social history and history of the book, this collection of essays highlights the cultural conventions involved in reading, and explores personal reading experiences. The Practice and Representation of Reading in England constitutes a major addition to our understanding of the history of readers and reading.How did people read in the past? Where, when, and why did they read? And what did they think readers and reading were for? Drawing on fields as diverse as medieval pedagogy, textual bibliography, history of science, social and literary history, this collection of essays highlights the cultural conventions involved in reading, and explores personal reading experiences. The Practice and Representation of Reading in England constitutes a major addition to our understanding of the history of readers and reading.List of illustrations; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the practice and representation of reading in England James Raven, Helen Small and Naomi Tadmor; 2. 'Let him read the Satires of Horace': reading, literacy and grammar in the twelfth centurylC!