"More swete vnto the eare/than holsome for ye mynde": Embodying Early Modern Women's Reading.

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    • Subject Terms:
      ENGLAND
    • Subject Terms:
      CROOKE, Helkiah; ELIZABETH I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the physical nature of women's reading from 1560 to 1640 in England. The author engages with the thought of French Jesuit Michel de Certeau in order to discuss the physiology of reading. Emphasis is given to the importance of reading to cognition, textual engagement, and the process of reading in specific places, such as sewing rooms. The author discusses the connection between reading and crying, vision and reading, and the works of author Helkiah Crooke. Queen Of England Elizabeth I's love for reading is described.