If readers of the twentieth century feel overwhelmed by the proliferation of writing and information, they can find in Samuel Johnson a sympathetic companion. Johnson's career coincided with the rapid expansion of publishing in England & mdash;not only in English, but in Latin a…
In Samuel Johnson and the Life of Reading, Robert DeMaria considers the surprising influence of one of the greatest readers in English literature. Johnson's relationship to books not only reveals much about his life and times, DeMaria contends, but also provides a dramatic count…
"English society in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries was fascinated by deception, and concerns about deceptive narratives had a profound effect on reading practices. Kate Loveman's interdisciplinary study explores the ways in which reading habits, first develo…
"English society in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries was fascinated by deception, and concerns about deceptive narratives had a profound effect on reading practices. Kate Loveman's interdisciplinary study explores the ways in which reading habits, first develo…
The Edinburgh History of Reading: Early Readers
by Owens, W. R., Wallis, Faith, Reboul, Juliette, Wang, Fan, Hammond, Mary, Hammond, Mary, Acheson, Katherine, Blom, Helwi, Driver, Martha W., Feile Tomes, Maya, Guibovich Pérez, Pedro M., Jagersma, Rindert, Jung, Sandro, Ott, Ashley R., Reinking, David, Steinberg, Glenn A., Tao, Liqing, Umut Inan, Murat, Vitale, Kyle Sebastian
fromThe Edinburgh History of Reading : EHR
Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the agesCovers reading practices from China in the 6th century BCE to Britain in the 18th centuryEmploys a range of methodologies from close textual analysis to quantitative data on book ownershipExamines a wide range…
"Early Readers presents a number of innovative ways through which we might capture or infer traces of readers in cultures where most evidence has been lost. It begins by investigating what a close analysis of extant texts from 6th-century BCE China can tell us about contemporary…
Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the ages. Covers reading practices from China in the 6th century BCE to Britain in the 18th century. Employs a range of methodologies from close textual analysis to quantitative data on book ownership. Examines a wide…
Subversive Readers explores the strategies used by readers to question authority, challenge convention, resist oppression, assert their independence and imagine a better world. This kind of insurgent reading may be found everywhere: in revolutionary France and Nazi Germany, in E…
The Edinburgh History of Reading: Subversive Readers
by Nayar, Pramod K., Mack, Edward, Towsey, Mark, Rose, Jonathan, Rose, Jonathan, Bush, Ruth, Abel, Trudi, Adam, Christian, Brandt, Jessica, Canning, Patricia, Carroll, Mary, Fakhrkonandeh, Alireza, Fermanis, Porscha, Garner, Jane, Hurley, Valerae, Nishikawa, Kinohi, Pearce, Joanna L., Sigel, Lisa Z., Wada, Atsuhiko, Watson, Brian M.
fromThe Edinburgh History of Reading : EHR
Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the agesCovers pornography and the origins of the transgender movementExplores everyday reading in Nazi GermanyAnalyses prison readingExamines reading in revolutionary societies and occupied nationsSubversive Readers …
Subversive Readers explores the strategies used by readers to question authority, challenge convention, resist oppression, assert their independence and imagine a better world. This kind of insurgent reading may be found everywhere: in revolutionary France and Nazi Germany, in E…