The England of the First General Reading Public
Title | The England of the First General Reading Public PDF eBook |
Author | Pearl Beattie Mitchell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 590 |
Release | 1935 |
Genre | English literature |
ISBN |
Public Reading and the Reading Public in Late Medieval England and France
Title | Public Reading and the Reading Public in Late Medieval England and France PDF eBook |
Author | Joyce Coleman |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2005-06-30 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780521673518 |
This book demonstrates that received views on orality and literacy underestimate the importance of public reading in the late Middle Ages.
Reading, Society and Politics in Early Modern England
Title | Reading, Society and Politics in Early Modern England PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin M. Sharpe |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2003-07-10 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780521824347 |
This book charts the changes in reading habits that reflect broader social and political shifts in early modern England.
A History of Reading
Title | A History of Reading PDF eBook |
Author | Steven R. Fischer |
Publisher | Reaktion Books |
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.
The English Short Story in Canada
Title | The English Short Story in Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Reingard M. Nischik |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2017-04-20 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1476668590 |
In 2013, the Nobel Prize for Literature was for the first time awarded to a short story writer, and to a Canadian, Alice Munro. The award focused international attention on a genre that had long been thriving in Canada, particularly since the 1960s. This book traces the development and highlights of the English-language Canadian short story from the late 19th century up to the present. The history as well as the theoretical approaches to the genre are covered, with in-depth examination of exemplary stories by prominent writers such as Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro.
Dublin University Magazine
Title | Dublin University Magazine PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 956 |
Release | 1846 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume IV
Title | The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume IV PDF eBook |
Author | James H. Murphy |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 754 |
Release | 2011-09 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0198187319 |
Volume IV: The Irish Book in English 1800-1891 details the story of the book in Ireland during the nineteenth century, when Ireland was integrated into the United Kingdom. The chapters in this volume explore book production and distribution and the differing of ways in which publishing existed in Dublin, Belfast, and the provinces.