The Edinburgh History of Reading

Common Readers

384 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the agesShows the experiences of ordinary readers in Scotland, Australasia, Russia, and ChinaExplores how digital media has transformed literary criticismPortrays everyday reading in art Includes reading across national and cultural linesCommon Readers casts a fascinating light on the literary experiences of ordinary people: miners in Scotland, churchgoers in Victorian London, workers in Czarist Russia, schoolgirls in rural Australia, farmers in Republican China, and forward to today's online book discussion groups. Chapters in this volume explore what they read, and how books changed their lives.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Literaturtheorie
• ISBN: 9781474494878
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.03.2022
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Herausgegeben von: Jonathan Rose