The Edinburgh History of Reading - Modern Readers (Hardcover)

Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the ages Covers reading practices around the world from 19th-century Africa to the reading of music in the 20th-century US Employs a wide range of methodologies Showcases new research including reading at night; readers as writers and critics; and 21st-century neuroscience Challenges previous models with new data on travelling readers, images of readers, and digital reading and fan cultures Modern Readers explores the myriad places and spaces in which reading has typically taken place since the eighteenth century, from the bedrooms of the English upper classes, through large parts of nineteenth-century Africa and on-board ships and trains travelling the world, to twenty-first-century reading groups. It encompasses a range of genres from to science fiction, music and self-help to Government propaganda.

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Edinburgh History of Reading
Release date:	April 2020
Editors:	Mary Hammond • Jonathan Rose
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-4744-4611-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	1-4744-4611-6
Barcode:	9781474446112

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