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'Acts of Reading' looks at the history of reading & texts for children from an educational perspective. The texts selected date from the 18th century to the digital age & beyond. They are examined through the eyes of their various audiences: the children, writers, teachers, & pa…
'Acts of Reading' looks at the history of reading & texts for children from an educational perspective. The texts selected date from the 18th century to the digital age & beyond. They are examined through the eyes of their various audiences: the children, writers, teachers, & pa…
The contributions to 'Discovering the riches of the word. Religious reading in late Medieval and early modern Europe' offer an innovative approach to the study of religious reading from a long term and geographically broad perspective, covering the period from the thirteenth to …
"The story of literature in sixteen acts, from Alexander the Great and the Iliad to ebooks and Harry Potter, this engaging book brings together remarkable people and surprising events to show how writing shaped cultures, religions, and the history of the world"... "Great storie…
Introduction: The problem of genesis -- The formative phase of Arab printing : a historical overview -- Printers and publishers -- Books, journals, cartes de visite -- Diffusion channels -- Advancing circulation -- Reading and readers -- Reading in public -- Conclusion
In a brief historic moment, printing presses, publishing ventures, a periodical press, circulation networks, and a mass readership came into being all at once in the Middle East, where none had previously existed, with ramifications in every sphere of the community's life. Among…
