The Edinburgh History of Reading : Modern Readers

Mary Hammond

ISBN 10: 1474446116 / ISBN 13: 9781474446112

Edité par Edinburgh University Press Mai 2020, 2020

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Neuware - Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the agesBringing together the latest scholarship from all over the world on topics ranging from reading practices in ancient China to the workings of the twenty-first-century reading brain, the 4 volumes of the Edinburgh History of Reading demonstrate that reading is a deeply imbricated, socio-political practice, at once personal and public, defiant and obedient. It is often materially ephemeral, but it can also be emotionally and intellectually enduring.Modern Readers explores the myriad places and spaces in which reading has typically taken place since the eighteenth century, from the bedrooms of the English upper classes, through large parts of nineteenth-century Africa and on-board ships and trains travelling the world, to twenty-first-century reading groups. It encompasses a range of genres from to science fiction, music and self-help to Government propaganda.Mary Hammond is Professor of English and Book History at the University of Southampton.

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• Titre: The Edinburgh History of Reading : Modern Readers
• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press Mai 2020
• Date de parution: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1474446116
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781474446112
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 234 L x 163 H x 25 P (en millimètres) 234 millimètres de largeur par 163 millimètres de hauteur par 25 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 680 grammes

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Modern Readers explores the myriad places and spaces in which reading has typically taken place since the eighteenth century, from the bedrooms of the English upper classes, through large parts of nineteenth-century Africa and on-board ships and trains travelling the world, to twenty-first-century reading groups. It encompasses a range of genres from to science fiction, music and self-help to Government propaganda.

À propos de l'auteur

Mary Hammond is Professor of English and Book History at University of Southampton. Jonathan Rose is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History at Drew University, USA.