History Of Reading An Introduction To Reading In The Past
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Author | : David Finkelstein |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2006-03-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134380062 |
This is a comprehensive introduction to books and print culture which examines the move from the spoken word to written texts, the book as commodity, the power and profile of readers, and the future of the book in an electronic age.
Author | : Alberto Manguel |
Publisher | : Penguin Group |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Books |
ISBN | : 9780140166545 |
Author | : Alberto Manguel |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 557 |
Release | : 2014-08-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0698178971 |
A book for book lovers by a true lover of books! At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning, and at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a reader. Noted essayist and editor Alberto Manguel moves from this essential moment to explore the six-thousand-year-old conversation between words and that hero without whom the book would be a lifeless object: the reader. Manguel brilliantly covers reading as seduction, as rebellion, and as obsession and goes on to trace the quirky and fascinating history of the reader’s progress from clay tablet to scroll, codex to digital.
Author | : Guglielmo Cavallo |
Publisher | : Univ of Massachusetts Press |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781558494114 |
Literature has not always been written in the same ways, nor has it been received or read in the same ways over the course of Western civilization. Cavallo (Greek palaeography, U. of Rome La Sapienza), Chartier (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris) and a number of other international contributors, address themes that highlight the transformation of reading methods and materials over the ages, such as the way texts in the Middle Ages were often written with the voice in mind, as they would have been read aloud, or even sung. Articles explore the innovations in the physical evolution of the book, as well as the growth and development of a broad-based reading public.
Author | : Michelle Levy |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2017-04-30 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1460406036 |
Book history has emerged in the last twenty years as one of the most important new fields of interdisciplinary study. It has produced new interpretations of major historical events, has made possible new approaches to history, literature, media, and culture, and presents a distinctive historical perspective on current debates about the future of the book. The Broadview Introduction to Book History provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to this field. Written in a lively, accessible style, chapters on materiality, textuality, printing and reading, intermediality, and remediation guide readers through numerous key concepts, illustrated with examples from literary texts and historical documents produced across a wide historical range. An ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in book history, it offers a road map to this dynamic inter-disciplinary field.
Author | : Steven L. McKenzie |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : 0802828779 |
Steven McKenzie here surveys the historical books of the Old Testament Joshua through Ezra-Nehemiah for their historical context, contents, form, and themes, communicating them clearly and succinctly for an introductory audience. / By providing a better understanding of biblical history writing in its ancient context, McKenzie helps readers come to terms with tensions between the Bible s account and modern historical analyses. Rather than denying the results of historical research or dismissing its practitioners as wrongly motivated, he suggests that the source of the perceived discrepancy may lie not with the Bible but with the way in which it has been read. He also calls into question whether the genre of the Bible s historical books has been properly understood.
Author | : John Arnold |
Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2000-02-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019285352X |
Starting with an examination of how historians work, this "Very Short Introduction" aims to explore history in a general, pithy, and accessible manner, rather than to delve into specific periods.
Author | : Steven R. Fischer |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781861892096 |
Takes in a wonderful diversity of things."-Nature. Now available in paperback, this final volume in the trilogy Language/Writing/Reading traces the complete story of reading from the time when symbols first acquired meaning through to the electronic texts of the digital age.
Author | : Catherine Butler |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2012-07-17 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1137026030 |
This book offers a critical account of historical books about Britain written for children, including realist novels, non-fiction, fantasy and alternative histories. It also investigates the literary, ideological and philosophical challenges involved in writing about the past, especially for an audience whose knowledge of history is often limited.
Author | : Robert J. Tierney |
Publisher | : Teachers College Press |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0807764639 |
"The scope and nature of this account of the modern history of reading/literacy education (especially tied to the aspirational readers) are unique. Enlisting the metaphor of waves, it traces monumental shifts in theory, research and practice related to reading education and literacy that represent developments that verge on revolutionary changes. Each of these waves is accompanied with a discussion of the aspirational reader that sets the stage for contemplating these shifts and their significance. The discussions trace the research and theoretical developments in a fashion that exemplifies the origins of the shifts and their influences"--