Engaging Words | The Culture of Reading in the Later Middle Ages

L. Amtower

ISBN 10: 1349630004 / ISBN 13: 9781349630004

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

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Engaging Words | The Culture of Reading in the Later Middle Ages | L. Amtower | Taschenbuch | xi | Englisch | 2002 | Palgrave Macmillan | EAN 9781349630004 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engaging Words | The Culture of Reading in the Later Middle Ages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349630004
• ISBN 13: 9781349630004
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 15D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 327 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

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Synopsis

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 proceeds to examine popular tastes, the interrelationship between manuscript form and content, and finally the theory and poetry of late medieval authors. By drawing on images from late medieval culture as well as from historical documents and literary texts, Engaging Words shows how reading became a cultural metaphor in the late Middle Ages that transformed the way the Western world thought about identity and social roles.

About the Author

Laurel Amtower is Associate Professor of English at San Diego State University.