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Imagining an English Reading Public, 1150–1400 - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Breen, Katharine (Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Illinois)
Imagining an English Reading Public, 1150–1400 - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
Breen, Katharine (Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Illinois)
Examining the concept of habitus - acquired patterns of thought, behaviour and taste that result from internalizing culture or objective social structures - Katharine Breen argues that the adaptation of elite, clerical forms of habitus for lay audiences established the conceptual foundations for a reading public in medieval England.
302 pages, 13 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 21, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107694613 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 302 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 154 × 21 mm · 442 g |
| Language | English |