Cavallo Gugielmo

Broschiertes Buch

History of Reading in the West (Revised)

Beschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780745630540
• ISBN-10: 0745630545
• Artikelnr.: 13615150

Rezensionen

"Guglielmo Cavallo and Roger Chartier have assembled a remarkableteam of international scholars to describe the history of readingin the West from classical times to the present day. Who reads, howthey read to themselves and others, what they read, where theyread, and what difference reading makes - these are the questionsasked and answered, using the best techniques of social andcultural history and literary theory. An immense body ofscholarship has been distilled into accessible and beautifullytranslated essays. To read is to travel, Chartier and Cavallo tellus in their wide-ranging Introduction. Their volume makes afascinating voyage." Professor Natalie Zemon Davis, Departmentof History, Princeton University

"The genius of the

book is in the analysis of the relationshipbetween reading and society. The act of reading illustrates thecultural mindset and this book is a subtle but sure "re-reading" ofhistory which is a revelation of minds past. It is about far morethan reading; it is about spiritual authority and sex, it is aboutsocial control, secrets and rebellion ... it is a book-lover'sdelight." The Guardian

"Ranging from Ancient Greece to the Internet, edited by twoleading scholars in this rapidly expanding field and written by agroup of specialists in a lucid and accessible style, A History ofReading in the West will be quite indispensable for students andscholars alike." Peter Burke, Professor of Cultural History atthe University of Cambridge

"... a landmark achievement." San FranciscoChronicle

"There is no way to encapsulate here the richness of theseexplorations." Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Mandatory reading for all scholars and their students in thehistory of the book." Libraries and Culture

"[The book] is certainly the best history of reading presentlyavailable and will provide book people with a rich and usefulperspective on those pratices that we all endeavor to serve."Logos