{"product_id":"the-edinburgh-history-of-reading-mary-hammond-9781474494854","title":"The Edinburgh History of Reading: Early Readers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the ages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers reading practices from China in the 6th century BCE to Britain in the 18th century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmploys a range of methodologies from close textual analysis to quantitative data on book ownership\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines a wide range of texts and ways of reading them from English poetry and funeral elegies to translated books in Peru\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges period-based models of readership history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEarly Readers\u003c\/em\u003e presents a number of innovative ways through which we might capture or infer traces of readers in cultures where most evidence has been lost. It begins by investigating what a close analysis of extant texts from 6th-century BCE China can tell us about contemporary reading practices, explores the reading of medieval European women and their male medical practitioner counterparts, traces readers across New Spain, Peru, the Ottoman Empire and the Iberian world between 1500 and 1800, and ends with an analysis of the surprisingly enduring practice of reading aloud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Hammond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474494854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474494854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.80d","brand":"Mary Hammond","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43945151987967,"sku":"9781474494854","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_62eba464-1fe7-4fbc-8494-0c9b279ee210.jpg?v=1681507086","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-edinburgh-history-of-reading-mary-hammond-9781474494854","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}