1. Of Essays and Reading in Early Modern Britain
- Author
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S. Black and S. Black
- Subjects
- Reading--Great Britain--17th century, Reading--Great Britain--18th century, English essays--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism, English essays--18th century--History and criticism, Authors and readers--Great Britain--History--17th century, Authors and readers--Great Britain--History--18th century
- Abstract
This study focuses on the co-evolution of the essay and the mode of literacy it enabled, and the interactive processes of reading, with a new approach to early modern textuality. It shows how the genre served to record, test and disseminate the skills required; and how the essay was adopted as a mechanism by various intellectual disciplines.
- Published
- 2006