The Art of Hearing: English Preachers and their Audiences, 1590–1640 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History) - Softcover

Hunt, Arnold

 
9781107679825: The Art of Hearing: English Preachers and their Audiences, 1590–1640 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1107679826 ISBN 13: 9781107679825
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

This ground-breaking study of early modern English preaching is the first to take full account of the sermon as heard by the listener as well as uttered by the preacher. It draws on a wide range of printed and manuscript sources, but also seeks to read behind the texts in order to reconstruct what was actually delivered from the pulpit, with due attention to the differences between oral, written and printed versions. In showing how sermons were interpreted and appropriated by their hearers, often in ways that their authors never intended, it poses wider questions about the transmission of religious and political ideas in the post-Reformation period. Offering a richer understanding of sermons as complex and ambiguous texts, and opening up new avenues for their interpretation, it will be essential reading for all students of the religious and cultural history of early modern England.

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About the Author

Arnold Hunt is Curator of Manuscripts at The British Library. He was the co-editor of The Book Trade and its Customers 1450–1900: Historical Essays (1997).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107679826
ISBN 13 
9781107679825
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
424