Commonplace books and reading in georgian england
Auteur :
Allan, David
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107421837
Date de publication :
10 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
430 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This pioneering exploration of Georgian men and women's experiences as readers, which focuses particularly upon their use of commonplace books for recording favourite passages and reflecting upon what they had read, attempts to reconstruct some of the forgotten aspects of their complicated relationship with the printed word.