Reading communities from salons to cyberspace
Reading is both a social process and a social formation, as this book illustrates across centuries and cultural contexts. Highlighting links evident in reading communities from literary salons to online environments, each essay reflects the rich repertoire of research methods av…
Building upon the influential work of book historians who question the assumption of the isolated individual reader, the authors in Reading Communities from Salons to Cyberspace draw attention to the relationships readers forge with one another and demonstrate how these social i…
The Edinburgh History of Reading: Common Readers
by Judge, Joan, Bubb, Alexander, Rose, Jonathan, Rose, Jonathan, Boot, Peter, Branagh-Miscampbell, Maxine, Brooks, Jeffrey, Gonzalez, Nicole, Hess, Jillian M., Joachim, Margaret J., Lowe, Bronwyn, Pierce, Jennifer Burek, Rideout, Samantha, Sedo, DeNel Rehberg, Smith, Zach, Trigos, Ludmilla A., Ueland, Carol, Weir-Williams, Nick, Weiss, Lauren, Yeates, Amelia
fromThe Edinburgh History of Reading : EHR
Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the agesShows the experiences of ordinary readers in Scotland, Australasia, Russia, and ChinaExplores how digital media has transformed literary criticisPortrays everyday reading in artIncludes reading across national…