The Edinburgh History of Reading
Common Readers
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:28th Apr '20
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Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the ages Shows the experiences of ordinary readers in Scotland, Australasia, Russia, and ChinaExplores how digital media has transformed literary criticismPortrays everyday reading in art Includes reading across national and cultural lines Common Readers casts a fascinating light on the literary experiences of ordinary people: miners in Scotland, churchgoers in Victorian London, workers in Czarist Russia, schoolgirls in rural Australia, farmers in Republican China, and forward to today's online book discussion groups. Chapters in this volume explore what they read, and how books changed their lives.
Taken together, the four volumes of The Edinburgh History of Reading constitute a fascinating compendium of research on readers and reading. […] The volumes successfully demonstrate the diversity of their subjects’ encounters with texts of all kinds, and highlight the importance of reading as both shared cultural practice and intensely individual experience. -- Katherine Halsey, University of Stirling * Library & Information History *
Taken together, the four volumes of The Edinburgh History of Reading constitute a fascinating compendium of research on readers and reading. […] The volumes successfully demonstrate the diversity of their subjects’ encounters with texts of all kinds, and highlight the importance of reading as both shared cultural practice and intensely individual experience. -- Katie Halsey, University of Stirling
This excellent collection of essays adds substantially to our understanding of the reading practices of ordinary people in the past. Dealing with readers as diverse as C18th Scottish lead-miners, C20th Chinese peasants and C21st online fan communities, it is exceptionally wide-ranging. I highly recommend it. -- Katie Halsey, University of Stirling
ISBN: 9781474461887
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 718g
384 pages