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Reading and Hearing The Womans Booke in Early Modern England
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
|November 3, 2015
Summary
This study explores aloud reading practices in Thomas Raynalde's The Womans Booke, examining its rhetorical education and shared reading experiences. Evidence from private and semi-public readings reveals historical engagement with the text.
Area of Science:
- History of Reading Practices
- Rhetorical Education
- Early Modern English Literature
Background:
- Thomas Raynalde's The Womans Booke (1545) offered advice for women readers.
- The text's prologue and content suggest aloud reading as a primary mode of engagement.
- Historical context of reading practices in early modern England is crucial.
Observation:
- The essay analyzes Raynalde's explicit advice on reading aloud.
- It examines the inherent reading practices represented within the text itself.
- External evidence from male readers (William Ward, Edward Poeton) provides further insight.
Findings:
- Aloud reading was a significant practice, linked to rhetorical education.
- Private marginalia by William Ward show individual engagement.
- A fictional dialogue, "The Midwives Deputie," illustrates semi-public or shared reading and evaluation of texts on generation.
Implications:
- Understanding aloud reading enhances our comprehension of historical text reception.
- The study highlights the intersection of gender, reading, and education in the period.
- It sheds light on the social and pedagogical functions of reading in early modern England.
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