Reading in Tudor England
By: Eugene R. Kintgen.
Series: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Reading -- England -- History -- 16th century; Cognitive learning -- England -- History -- 16th century; Books and reading -- England -- History -- 16th century; England -- Intelleectual life -- 16th century
Description: Readers in the sixteenth century read (that is, interpreted) texts quite differently from the way contemporary readers do; they were trained to notice different aspects of a text and to process them differently.

Using educational works of Erasmus, Ascham, and others, commentaries on literary works, various kinds of religious guides and homilies, and self-improvement books, Kintgen has found specific evidence of these differences and makes imaginative use of it to draw fascinating and convincing conclusions about the art and practice of reading. Kintgen ends by situating the book within literary theory, cognitive science, and literacy studies.

Among the writers covered are Gabriel Harvey, E. K. (the commentator on The Shepheardes Calendar), Sir John Harrington, George Gascoigne, George Puttenham, Thomas Blundeville, and Angel Day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-235) and index.