Humanism, Reading, and English Literature 1430-1530
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: August 3, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780199215881
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Early modern, 1500-1700; English literature; History and criticism; Humanism in literature; Middle English, 1100-1500
Description: Wakelin uses new methods and theories in the history of reading to uncover fresh information about the design, ownership, and marginalia of books in a neglected period in English literary history. This is the first book to identify the origins of the humanist tradition in England in the 15th century.