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About this book
We are living in an age in which the relationship between reading and space is evolving swiftly. Cutting-edge technologies and developments in the publication and consumption of literature continue to uncover new physical, electronic, and virtual contexts in which reading can take place. In comparison with the accessibility that has accompanied these developments, the medieval reading experience may initially seem limited and restrictive, available only to a literate few or to their listeners; yet attention to the spaces in which medieval reading habits can be traced reveals a far more vibrant picture in which different kinds of spaces provided opportunities for a wide range of interactions with and contributions to the texts being read. Drawing on a rich variety of material, this collection of essays demonstrates that the spaces in which reading took place (or in which reading could take place) in later medieval England directly influenced how and why reading happened.
Reviews
“Spaces for Reading in Later Medieval England, Mary Flannery and Carrie Griffin set out to contribute to scholarly debates on the history of reading by focusing on the 'relationship between where reading took place and how it took place'. … they aim to shed new light on different reading practices, and on the attitudes and responses people in late medieval England may have had towards reading.” (Patricia Stoop, sehepunkte, Vol. 19 (4), 2019)
“The essays here offer an in-depth, insightful exploration of those complexities. Recommended for research collections, especially those supporting medieval, early modern, and/or textual studies programs. Summing Up: Recommended. Advanced students through researchers/faculty.” (J. Stevens, Choice, Vol. 54 (4), December, 2016)
About the authors
Carrie Griffin is a lecturer in early modern English literature in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Limerick, Ireland and a Research Associate of English at the University of Bristol, UK. She published an edition of The Wise Book of Philosophy and Astronomy with Middle English Texts/Winter in 2013.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Spaces for Reading in Later Medieval England
Editors: Mary C. Flannery, Carrie Griffin
Series Title: The New Middle Ages
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137428622
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-42861-5Published: 02 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-68248-5Published: 20 March 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-42862-2Published: 08 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2945-5936
Series E-ISSN: 2945-5944
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 215
Topics: Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, History of Medieval Europe, Medieval Literature, Social History, Classical and Antique Literature