Crone, Rosalind; Halsey, Katie and Towheed, Shafquat eds. (2010). The History of Reading. Routledge Literature Readers. London: Routledge.
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Abstract
The History of Reading offers an engaging, accessible overview from the rise of literacy through to the current trend of ‘book clubs’.
Divided into seven sections, each with a useful introduction, this Reader:
- summarises the main debates and perspectives shaping the field
- introduces key theorists such as Iser, Fish and Bakhtin
surveys influential works and outlines important studies on mass reading
- focuses on specific communities such as Welsh miners, African American library users and Australian convicts
looks at individual readers from a variety of countries, classes and historical periods
- considers current research in the history of reading.
Providing both a clear introduction to the history of the field and a taster of the breadth, diversity and vitality of current debates, this Reader is an essential resource for undergraduates, graduates, and researchers.
| Item Type: | Edited Book |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2010 Not known |
| ISBN: | 0-415-48421-9, 978-0-415-48421-3 |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Arts > History Arts > English |
| Item ID: | 17524 |
| Depositing User: | Rosalind Crone |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2010 15:42 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2012 14:30 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/17524 |
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