The Edinburgh history of reading : early readers /

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 range of texts and w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hammond, Mary, 1960- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
Colección:The Edinburgh History of Reading
Temas:
To 1799
Books and reading > History.
Books and reading > China > History > To 1500.
Books and reading > England > History > To 1500.
Books and reading > England > History > 17th century.
Books and reading > England > History > 18th century.
Publishers and publishing > England > History > 17th century.
Publishers and publishing > England > History > 18th century.
Popular culture > England.
Authors and readers > England.
English literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Livres et lecture > Histoire.
Livres et lecture > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Livres et lecture > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Culture populaire > Angleterre.
Écrivains et lecteurs > Angleterre.
Littérature anglaise > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature > Early modern.
Authors and readers.
Books and reading.
English literature.
Intellectual life.
Popular culture.
Publishers and publishing.
England > Intellectual life > 17th century.
England > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
China.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 range of texts and ways of reading them from English poetry and funeral elegies to translated books in Peru. Challenges period-based models of readership history. 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 reading practices, explores the reading of medieval European women and their male medical practitioner counterparts, traces readers across New Spain, Peru, the Ottoman Empire and the Iberian world between 1500 and 1800, and ends with an analysis of the surprisingly enduring practice of reading aloud.--Provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 367 pages) : illustrations (some colour)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
ISBN:9781474446099
1474446094
9781474446105
1474446108
Acceso:Legal Deposit;

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