The Edinburgh History of Reading: Modern Readers
by Rubin, Joan Shelley, Davis, Philip, McAleer, John, Hammond, Mary, Hammond, Mary, Eliot, Simon, Wheeler, Michael, Billington, Josie, Coker, Cait, Attar, Karen, Ferguson, Christopher, Fossey, Natalie, Kriel, Lize, Laugesen, Amanda, Oestreicher, Cheryl, Pawley, Christine, Whavers, Angelle
fromThe Edinburgh History of Reading : EHR
Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the agesCovers reading practices around the world from 19th-century Africa to the reading of music in the 20th-century USEmploys a wide range of methodologiesShowcases new research including reading at night; readers …
Introduction : interdisciplinarity: I, too, dislike it -- Doing what comes automatically -- Three readers reading -- Reading on- and off-line -- Hard reading -- Easy reading -- That's entertainment? -- On influence -- Conclusion : on methodology
What happens to books as they live in our long-term memory? Why do we find some books entertaining and others not? And how does literary influence work on writers in different ways? Grounded in the findings of empirical psychology, this book amends classic reader-response theory…
What happens to books as they live in our long-term memory? Why do we find some books entertaining and others not? And how does literary influence work on writers in different ways? Grounded in the findings of empirical psychology, this book amends classic reader-response theory…
'Reading has a history. But how can we recover it?' Consuming Texts explores the history of reading in the British Isles during a period in which the printed word became all pervasive. Beginning with an overview of recent work on this exciting topic, it goes on to privide a seri…