Memory's Library
Subtitle: Medieval Books in Early Modern England
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: May 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780226781716
Subjects: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Europe - Great Britain - General; Renaissance; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; 1400-1600; 16th century; 17th century; Books and reading; England; History; Libraries
Description: In Jennifer Summit's account, libraries are more than inert storehouses of written tradition, they are volatile spaces that actively shaped the meanings and uses of books, reading and the past. Considering the period between 1431 and 1631, she revises the history of the modern library by focusing on its origins in medieval England.