Broschiertes Buch

Further Reading

Beschreibung

This volume brings together contributions by scholars working in the fields of literature, history, neuroscience, and disability studies to explore what we do when we read. Presenting case studies that range from ancient Rome to the e-book, the volume considers how reading techniques are evolving in the digital era and what constitutes reading.

Autor

Matthew Rubery is Professor of Modern Literature at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of The Untold Story of the Talking Book (Harvard, 2016) and The Novelty of Newspapers: Victorian Fiction after the Invention of the News (Oxford, 2009). He also co-curated 'How We Read: A Sensory History of Books for Blind People', a public exhibition held at the UK's first annual Being Human festival. Leah Price is Distinguished Professor of English at Rutgers University. Her books include How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain (Princeton, 2012) and The Anthology and the Rise of the Novel (Cambridge, 2000). She has written on media old and new for the New York Times, London Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, San Francisco Chronicle, and Boston Globe .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 171mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780192865533
• ISBN-10: 0192865536
• Artikelnr.: 66128798