Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Developments in cultural history and literary criticism have suggested alternative ways of addressing the interpretation of reading. How did people read in the past Where and why did they read How were the manner and purpose of reading envisaged and recorded by contemporaries - and why Drawing on fields as diverse as medieval pedagogy, textual bibliography, the history of science, and social and literary history, this collection of fourteen essays highlights both the singularity of personal reading experiences and the cultural conventions involved in reading and its perception. An introductory essay offers an important critical assessment of the various contributions to the development of the subject in recent times. This book constitutes a major addition to our understanding of the history of readers and reading.

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Title: The Practice and Representation of Reading in England
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1996
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521480930
ISBN 13: 9780521480932
Binding: Buch
Condition: Neu
Dimensions: 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
Weight: 691 grams

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How did people read in the past? Where, when, and why did they read? And what did they think readers and reading were for? Drawing on fields as diverse as medieval pedagogy, textual bibliography, history of science, social and literary history, this collection of essays highlights the cultural conventions involved in reading, and explores personal reading experiences. The Practice and Representation of Reading in England constitutes a major addition to our understanding of the history of readers and reading.

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