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A History Of Reading


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Author : Alberto Manguel
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Release Date : 2012-11-13

A History Of Reading written by Alberto Manguel and has been published by Vintage Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-13 with History categories.


In this marvelous book, acclaimed around the world, Alberto Manguel takes us on a fascinating exploration of what it means to be a reader of books. A History of Reading is a brilliant reminder of why we cherish the act of reading—despite distractions throughout the ages, from the Inquisition to the lures of cyberspace. He shows us what happens when we read; who we become; and how reading teaches us how to live. He reminds us that we live in books as well as among them—how we find our own stories in books, and traces of our lives. He shows us how our reading habits have developed over the centuries, and how, ever since humans first transcribed their thoughts and deeds on clay and papyrus, the act of reading is itself a part of being human. Alberto Manguel is a lover of reading, and he brings a lover’s delight and enthusiasm to his history of reading. His stories take us across a breathtaking range of time and experiences. From the invention of the reader to Pliny the Younger’s first lip-synch in history; from the moment when Alexander the Great’s conquering army watched, amazed, as their captain read a letter from his mother—but silently—to himself!—to reading clubs in medieval France; from the Great Camel Library of the Grand Vizir of Persia, who trained his camels to walk in alphabetical order, to the ancient delights of bedroom reading and the modern horrors of book burning in Nazi Germany; from cuneiform and codexes to the invention of printing and to Penguins; from the creation of eyeglasses to the hypnotics of hypertext—the story of reading is laid open here for our pleasure.



A History Of Reading


A History Of Reading
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Author : Alberto Manguel
language : en
Publisher: A.A. Knopf Canada
Release Date : 1996

A History Of Reading written by Alberto Manguel and has been published by A.A. Knopf Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Books and reading categories.


From clay tablets to CD-ROM, from book thieves to book burners, bibliophiles, book fools and saints, noted essayist Alberto Manguel follows the quirky and passionate 4,000-year-old history of the written work whose true hero is the reader. Photos & line drawings.



A History Of Reading


A History Of Reading
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Author : Steven R. Fischer
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2004

A History Of Reading written by Steven R. Fischer and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.


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.



A History Of Reading In The West


A History Of Reading In The West
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Author : Guglielmo Cavallo
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
Release Date : 1999

A History Of Reading In The West written by Guglielmo Cavallo and has been published by Univ of Massachusetts Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.


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.



A History Of Reading


A History Of Reading
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Author : Alberto Manguel
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2014-08-26

A History Of Reading written by Alberto Manguel and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-26 with History categories.


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 CD-ROM.



A History Of Reading


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Author : Stuart Hylton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

A History Of Reading written by Stuart Hylton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Reading (England) categories.


Few towns of its size have as rich and varied a history as Reading, and few hide the fact better. For the past two centuries and more growth and modernisation have swept away much of the evidence of the past. But, for a thousand year before that, Reading played a major role in the affairs of the nation. King Alfred fought in the town for control of his kingdom, and in medieval times Reading was an international centre for pilgrimage and governance. Parliaments met here, and kings and princes were married and buried locally. The town has been sacked by Vikings, besieged in the Civil War and saw fighting in the streets during the so-called ?Bloodless Revolution? that overthrew King James II in 1688. Since then, Reading?s fortunes have been transformed by a series of revolutions in transport. The town today serves as an effective illustration of the benefits and the challenges that improvements have brought to the nation as a whole. Its individual character is exemplified by the extraordinary range of people who have lived here, from Thomas a Becket to the most controversial person ever to hold the office of Archbishop of Canterbury, from the man who effectively ran the country through the minority of a king to one of our least competent prime ministers. This lively and well illustrated account of Reading?s colourful history will shed surprising light on the rich past of a community that has never been slow in embracing the future.



The History Of Reading


The History Of Reading
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Author : Shafquat Towheed
language : en
Publisher: Routledge Literature Readers
Release Date : 2011

The History Of Reading written by Shafquat Towheed and has been published by Routledge Literature Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Literary Criticism categories.


`An extremely intelligent guide to the history of reading... The editors accurately map the new terrain of reading history, setting a variety of global studies within the theoretical approaches so far developed. Their lively prose and judicious selections will attract students and scholars alike to the field.' Shef Rogers, Editor of `Script and Print' `This collection will appeal to students and scholars of history, literature and cultural studies and is essential for specialists in the history of reading.' Bill Bell, Director of the Centre for the History of the Book, The University of Edinburgh The History of Reading Offers on engaging, accessible overview of this fast-developing subject from the rise of literacy through to the current of `book clubs'. The editors offer a variety of extracts crucial to understanding the history of reading and its social, political and cultural implications. Providing both a clear introduction to the history of the field and a taster of the breadth, diversity and vitality of current debats, The History of Reading is an essential resource for undergraduates, graduates and researchers.



The History Of Reading


The History Of Reading
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Author : Shafquat Towheed
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011

The History Of Reading written by Shafquat Towheed and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Books and reading categories.


'The History of Reading' offers an accessible overview of this developing discipline, from the rise of literacy through to the current trend of book clubs.



The Social Life Of Books


The Social Life Of Books
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Author : Abigail Williams
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2017-06-27

The Social Life Of Books written by Abigail Williams and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-27 with Literary Criticism categories.


“A lively survey…her research and insights make us conscious of how we, today, use books.”—John Sutherland, The New York Times Book Review Two centuries before the advent of radio, television, and motion pictures, books were a cherished form of popular entertainment and an integral component of domestic social life. In this fascinating and vivid history, Abigail Williams explores the ways in which shared reading shaped the lives and literary culture of the eighteenth century, offering new perspectives on how books have been used by their readers, and the part they have played in middle-class homes and families. Drawing on marginalia, letters and diaries, library catalogues, elocution manuals, subscription lists, and more, Williams offers fresh and fascinating insights into reading, performance, and the history of middle-class home life. “Williams’s charming pageant of anecdotes…conjures a world strikingly different from our own but surprisingly similar in many ways, a time when reading was on the rise and whole worlds sprang up around it.”—TheWashington Post



A Reader On Reading


A Reader On Reading
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Author : Alberto Manguel
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2010-03-02

A Reader On Reading written by Alberto Manguel and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-02 with Literary Criticism categories.


In this major collection of his essays, Alberto Manguel, whom George Steiner has called “the Casanova of reading,” argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. “We come into the world intent on finding narrative in everything,” writes Manguel, “landscape, the skies, the faces of others, the images and words that our species create.” Reading our own lives and those of others, reading the societies we live in and those that lie beyond our borders, reading the worlds that lie between the covers of a book are the essence of A Reader on Reading. The thirty-nine essays in this volume explore the crafts of reading and writing, the identity granted to us by literature, the far-reaching shadow of Jorge Luis Borges, to whom Manguel read as a young man, and the links between politics and books and between books and our bodies. The powers of censorship and intellectual curiosity, the art of translation, and those “numinous memory palaces we call libraries” also figure in this remarkable collection. For Manguel and his readers, words, in spite of everything, lend coherence to the world and offer us “a few safe places, as real as paper and as bracing as ink,” to grant us room and board in our passage.