Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A history of reading A history of reading Alberto Manguel At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole unive… OL11277865W
Virginia Woolf, the Intellectual, & the Public Sphere Virginia Woolf, the Intellectual, & the Public Sphere Melba Cuddy-Keane Virginia Woolf, the Intellectual, and the Public Sphere relates Woolf's literary reviews and essays to early twentieth-century debates about the value of 'highbrow' culture, the methods of instructio… OL15181298W
Commonplace books and reading in Georgian England Commonplace books and reading in Georgian England Allan, David "This pioneering exploration of Georgian men and women's experiences as readers explores their use of commonplace books for recording favourite passages and reflecting upon what they had read, reveal… OL15616154W
The History of Reading The History of Reading W. R. Owens,Shafquat Towheed Bringing together research from a variety of countries and periods, this volume introduces readers to the diverse approaches used to recover the evidence of reading through history in different socie… OL15933311W
Reading and the history of race in the Renaissance Reading and the history of race in the Renaissance Elizabeth Spiller "Elizabeth Spiller studies how early modern attitudes towards race were connected to assumptions about the relationship between the act of reading and the nature of physical identity. As reading was … OL16116710W
Transatlantic stories and the history of reading, 1720-1810 Transatlantic stories and the history of reading, 1720-1810 Eve Tavor Bannet "Eve Tavor Bannet explores some of the remarkable stories about the Atlantic world that shaped Britons' and Americans' perceptions of that world. These stories about women, servants, the poor and the… OL16214029W
The woman reader The woman reader Belinda Jack,Belinda Elizabeth Jack "This lively story has never been told before: the complete history of women's reading and the ceaseless controversies it has inspired. Belinda Jack's groundbreaking volume travels from the Cro-Magno… OL16521250W
How reading changed my life How reading changed my life Anna Quindlen In this pithy celebration of the power and joys of reading, Quindlen emphasizes that books are not simply a means of imparting knowledge, but also a way to strengthen emotional connectedness, to less… OL1902505W
The book in history, the book as history The book in history, the book as history Zachary Lesser,David Scott Kastan,Jesse M. Lander The essays in this collection reach beyond book history to address fundamental questions about historicism with a broad range of issues such as gender and sexuality, religion, political theory, econo… OL19666065W
River of ink River of ink Thomas Christensen "Thomas Christensen's previous title 1616 : The World in Motion looked at a single year in the age of early maritime globalism--PW gave it a starred review, calling it 'a stunning overview of the nas… OL20895686W
After Augustine After Augustine Brian Stock "Augustine of Hippo was the most prolific and influential writer on reading between antiquity and the Renaissance, though he left no systematic treatise on the subject. His reluctance to synthesize h… OL2952346W
Searching for recognition Searching for recognition Irene Rostagno "Significant book for history of Latin American literature in English-language translation. Focusing on Waldo Frank's contributions, Rostagno chronicles changing North American attitudes toward Latin… OL3274395W
The anthology and the rise of the novel The anthology and the rise of the novel Leah Price The Anthology and the Rise of the Novel brings together two traditionally antagonistic fields, book history and narrative theory, to challenge established theories of 'the rise of the novel'. Leah Pr… OL53045W
Marginalia Marginalia H. J. Jackson "From Pierre de Fermat to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to Graham Greene, readers have related to books through the notes they write in the margins. In this book - the first to examine the phenomenon of ma… OL5719988W
Patience and Fortitude Patience and Fortitude Nicholas A. Basbanes In "Patience and Fortitude," Nicholas Basbanes takes us through his discoveries of some of the greatest libraries of the world--from Alexandria to Glastonbury--and then on to the Vatican,Wolfenbüttel… OL843416W
The order of books The order of books Roger Chartier,Lydia Cochrane,Chartier, Roger English translation of L'ordre des livres (originally published 1992 in France by Editions Alinea) Between the end of the Middle Ages and the eighteenth century, what methods were used to monitor … OL953798W