What is it about some books that makes them timeless? Cultural
History of Reading looks at books from their earliest beginnings
through the present day, in both the U.S. and regions all over the
world. Not only fiction and literature, but religious works,
dictionaries, scientific works, and home guides such as Mrs.
Beeton's all have had an impact on not only their own time and
place, but continue to capture the attention of readers today.
Volume 1 examines the history of books in regions throughout the
world, identifying both literature and nonfiction that was
influenced by cultural events of its time. Volume 2 identifies
books from the pre-colonial era to the present day that have had
lasting significance in the United States. History students and
book lovers alike will enjoy discovering the books that have
impacted our world. Volume I: World Literature (by region)-The
Americas (North, Central, South, Caribbean) -Timeline
-Introduction: Relationships between Canadian, Caribbean and Latin
American Indigenous, colonial and post-colonial experiences, and
the forces that shaped the production of literature(s) in this
region. -Lit. by period (the focus here will be on Lat. Am.,
Caribbean and Canadian literatures). Pre Columbian - Colonial
Establishment - Colonial period - Twentieth Century - Contemporary
- Europe and Britain -Timeline -Introduction: The expansion of
Christianity as a culturally-unifying influence, and the rise of
intellectual experimentation as a parallel movement. The influence
of technology on textual production, distribution and consumption.
Lit. by period Establishment of Christianity - Medieval period -
The Renaissance - The Enlightenment - Romanticism - The
NineteenthCentury - Modernism - Post-Modernism - Asia and the
Pacific -Timeline. -Introduction: Geographic and cultural isolation
as shapers of distinct social and cultural experiences. Highly
differentiated textual forms and philosophies of writing. The
influence of European colonization, war, technology and leisure
travel on textual production. -Lit. by nation/region then be
further analyzed according to its own history China - Japan - South
East Asia - Australia - New Zealand - The South Pacific and
Melanesia - -South Asia and the Indian Sub-Continent (India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan: Timeline
Introduction: The parallel, but hostile, development of two
language, myth and textual systems in shared space. Colonial
representation and post-colonial re-inscription of history. - Lit.
by period The classical period - European arrival - The Colonial
period - Independence - Contemporary period - Africa and The Middle
East -Timeline -Introduction: The oldest languages on earth.
Layering of civilizations, gods and spirits. The literature of
White natives. The discourse of slavery and liberation. Lit. by
culture The rise of Islam - The Islamic nations - The rise of
Christianity - The arrival of the Europeans - African independence
- The creation of Israel - Contemporary African Literatures -
Contemporary Arab Literatures - Volume II: American Literature (by
time period)-Pre-colonial -Timeline: events occurring prior to
roughly1700 Introduction: The literature of exploration and
cultural contact, including translations of indigenous writings and
writing of European settlers. -Settlement and Colonization;
-Timeline events occurring roughly between 1700-1776 -Introduction:
Literature of settlement and colonization, including religious,
scientific, and philosophical writings. The debates surrounding The
Great Awakening, Salem witch trials. Revolution and the New
Republic; -Timeline Revents occurring roughly between 1776-1820
-Introduction: Writings leading up to and surrounding the
Revolutionary War, the founding documents and early challenges to
the idea that "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" were
equally accessible to everyone. Writing of a new nation, American
romanticism. -Forming a National Identity; -Timeline events
occurring roughly between 1820-1860 -Introduction: Writings that
defined a nation, with particular emphasis on the improved
transportation, increased immigration, westward expansion, removal
of Native Americans. -The Civil War; -Timeline events occurring
roughly between 1861-1865 -Introduction: The literature of slavery
and civil war. -Growth of a Nation; -Timeline events occurring
roughly between 1865-1913 -Introduction: Writings engaging the
social, economic, and political changes that arose from
industrialization, western settlement, increased immigration, urban
growth, mass production, the middle class, organized labor, and the
theories of Darwin -The Great War and the Great Depression;
-Timeline events occurring roughly between 1914-1945 -Introduction:
prohibition, segregation, crash of the stock market, the 19th
amendment, Freud/psychoanalysis, the automobile -A Nation Goes To
and Comes Home from War; -Timeline events occurring roughly between
1945-1960 -Introduction: World War II, the rise of the suburbs,
television, the Cold War -Rebellions and Countercultures; -Timeline
events occurring roughly between 1960-1979-Introduction: Vietnam,
the culture of the 60s and 70s, the civil and women's rights
movements, assassinations of JFK and MLK -(Sub)cultures of the late
twentieth-century; -Timeline events occurring roughly between
1979-1999 -Introduction: the subcultures of the 1980s and 90s,
yuppies, world wide web, dot.com craze, stock market bubble,
media/cable tv/video, diversity and political correctness -The 21st
Century; -Timeline events occurring roughly 2000 to the present
-Introduction: literature of a new century, September 11th, the
culture of terrorism
General
Imprint: |
Greenwood Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2008 |
First published: |
December 2008 |
Editors: |
Sara E. Quay
• Gabrielle R Watling
|
Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 74mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
1088 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-313-33744-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-313-33744-6 |
Barcode: |
9780313337444 |
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