Imagining an english reading public, 1150–1400
Auteur :
Breen, Katharine
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107694613
Date de publication :
21 nov. 2013
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
400 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.