Controlling Readers

Controlling Readers
Author :
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 349
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781442615540
ISBN-13 : 1442615540
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Controlling Readers by : Deborah L. McGrady

Download or read book Controlling Readers written by Deborah L. McGrady and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377) was the master poet of fourteenth-century France. He established models for much of the vernacular poetry written by subsequent generations, and he was instrumental in institutionalizing the lay reader. In particular, his longest and most important work, the Voir dit, calls attention to the coexistence of public and private reading practices through its intensely hybrid form: sixty-three poems and ten songs invite an oral performance, while forty-six private prose letters as well as elaborate illustration and references to it's own materiality promote a physical encounter with the book. In Controlling Readers, Deborah McGrady uses Machaut's corpus as a case study to explore the impact of lay literacy on the culture of late-medieval Europe. Arguing that Machaut and his bookmakers were responding to contemporary debates surrounding literacy, McGrady first accounts for the formal invention of the lay reader in medieval art and literature, then analyses Machaut and his bookmakers' innovative use of both narrative and bibliographical devices to try to control the responses of his readers and promote intimate and sensual reading practices in place of the more common public performances of court culture. McGrady's erudite and exhaustive study is key to understanding Machaut, his works, and his influence on the history of reading in the fourteenth-century and beyond.


Controlling Readers Related Books

Controlling Readers
Language: en
Pages: 349
Authors: Deborah L. McGrady
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-01 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377) was the master poet of fourteenth-century France. He established models for much of the vernacular poetry written by subsequent
Managing Readers
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: William W. E. Slights
Categories: Antiques & Collectibles
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: University of Michigan Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A sideways look at books that sheds light on the activities of authors, printers, and readers during the English Renaissance
Invisible Chains
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Lisa Aronson Fontes
Categories: Self-Help
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-10 - Publisher: Guilford Publications

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

When you are showered with attention, it can feel incredibly romantic and can blind you to hints of problems ahead. But what happens when attentiveness becomes
Participatory reading in late-medieval England
Language: en
Pages: 354
Authors: Heather Blatt
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-11 - Publisher: Manchester University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book traces affinities between digital and medieva
Theories of Reading
Language: en
Pages: 207
Authors: Karin Littau
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-12-04 - Publisher: Polity

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Why do literary theorists see reading as an act of dispassionate textual analysis and meaning production, when historical evidence shows that readers have often