The History of Reading, Volume 1 [electronic resource] : International Perspectives, c.1500–1990 /
Towheed, Shafquat.editor.
Owens, W. R.editor.
Bringing together research from a variety of countries and periods, this volume introduces readers to the diverse approaches used to recover the evidence of reading through history in different societies, and asks whether reading practices are always conditioned by specific local circumstances or whether broader patterns might emerge.
"In association with the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Readers in the medieval and early modern world -- pt. 2. Readers in the enlightenment and romantic world -- pt. 3. Readers in the nineteenth-century world -- pt. 4. Readers in the twentieth-century world.
Bringing together research from a variety of countries and periods, this volume introduces readers to the diverse approaches used to recover the evidence of reading through history in different societies, and asks whether reading practices are always conditioned by specific local circumstances or whether broader patterns might emerge.
Civilization-History.
Literature.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Cultural History.
Literature, general.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.