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This path-breaking study will become the standard work on the history of reading in the West. It will be indispensable to students of cultural history, and to all those who want a fresh perspective on the history of books and their uses.

  • Wide-ranging and authoritative account of the changing practices of reading from the ancient world to the present day.
  • An international team of leading historians examine the technical innovations which change physical aspects of books and other texts, as well as the changing forms of reading and the growth and transformation of the reading public.
  • Contributors include: Robert Bonfil, Guglielmo Cavallo, Roger Chartier, Jean-Francois Gilmont, Anthony Grafton, Jacqueline Hamesse, Dominique Julia, Martyn Lyons, M.B. Parkes, Armando Petrucci, Paul Saenger, Jesper Svenbro and Reinhard Wittmann.
  • This path-breaking study has been highly successful in hardback and is now available in paperback for the first time.

A History of Reading in the West

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 02/08/2003
    ISBN13: 9780745630540, 978-0745630540
    ISBN10: 0745630545

    Number of Pages: 488

    Non Fiction , History

    Description

    This path-breaking study will become the standard work on the history of reading in the West. It will be indispensable to students of cultural history, and to all those who want a fresh perspective on the history of books and their uses.

    • Wide-ranging and authoritative account of the changing practices of reading from the ancient world to the present day.
    • An international team of leading historians examine the technical innovations which change physical aspects of books and other texts, as well as the changing forms of reading and the growth and transformation of the reading public.
    • Contributors include: Robert Bonfil, Guglielmo Cavallo, Roger Chartier, Jean-Francois Gilmont, Anthony Grafton, Jacqueline Hamesse, Dominique Julia, Martyn Lyons, M.B. Parkes, Armando Petrucci, Paul Saenger, Jesper Svenbro and Reinhard Wittmann.
    • This path-breaking study has been highly successful in hardback and is now available in paperback for the first time.

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