The Edinburgh History of Reading: Early Readers

by Mary Hammond

Book Overview

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 centuryEmploys a range of methodologies from close textual analysis to quantitative data on book ownershipExamines a wide range of texts and ways of reading them from English poetry and funeral elegies to translated books in PeruChallenges period-based models of readership historyEarly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474446086
• ISBN13: 9781474446082
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"